Farrow & Ball · No. 2004 · Whites
Farrow & Ball
Slipper Satin
Valspar
Cream in my Coffee
Lower score means closer. Under 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; over 5 is a different colour that sits in the same family.
British paint maker, widely stocked across the UK.
UK stockists
Closest · 269
Green Stone Light
Closescore 3.17
Same family and depth. Expect a slight shift in warmth or strength.
Option 2 · 26
Julie's Dream
Closescore 3.29
Option 3 · 1
China Clay
Closescore 3.32
Sold through independent stockists in the UK and mixed to order.
UK stockists
Closest · CSP-335
French Macaroon
Near identicalscore 0.82
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 963
Maritime White
Near identicalscore 0.91
Option 3 · CSP-310
First Crush
Very closescore 1.04
North American colour card.
Closest · SW 6147
Panda White
Near identicalscore 0.63
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · SW 6154
Nacre
Very closescore 1.00
Option 3 · SW 6098
Pacer White
Very closescore 1.07
North American colour card. The Valspar range sold in UK stores is different.
Closest · 3003-10C
Cream in my Coffee
Near identicalscore 0.45
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 7002-13
Courtyard Tan
Near identicalscore 0.85
Option 3 · 7003-3
Foxtrot
Very closescore 1.10
North American colour card.
Closest · 1086-2
Brandied Pears
Near identicalscore 0.92
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · 14-15
French Cream
Very closescore 1.05
Option 3 · 1085-1
Blank Canvas
Very closescore 1.23
North American colour card.
Closest · QE-09
Pavillion
Near identicalscore 0.69
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · N240-1
Cascade Beige
Near identicalscore 0.82
Option 3 · MQ3-13
Crisp Linen
Near identicalscore 0.85
North American colour card.
Closest · DE6205
Stucco Tan
Near identicalscore 0.98
Most people could not tell these apart on the wall.
Option 2 · DEC765
Bone
Very closescore 1.37
Option 3 · DE6219
Crystal Haze
Very closescore 1.63
From the trade
Paint Slipper Satin and your chosen match on two boards in the same finish. A flat and an eggshell in one colour never look identical.
Check them on the darkest wall in the morning and again under your own lamps at night. That is where small differences show.
Give the merchant the brand, colour name and code shown here. It avoids the guesswork of a scanned match.
In your light
Pick the way your window faces and the time of day. The same paint can look like three different colours.
North light is steady but cool and grey. It pulls blues and greys colder and makes greens look heavier. Warm based colours hold up best.
An approximation of how light colour and strength shift a paint. Use it to narrow a shortlist, then paint a sample board and look at it at these same times.
Building a scheme
Worked out from undertone and depth, the way a decorator would put a scheme together. Paint samples side by side before you commit.
A pale colour from the same undertone as Slipper Satin, so the ceiling does not look stark white against it.
One step lighter or darker on skirtings, doors and window boards. A tonal scheme is the easiest way to make a room feel finished.
A dark colour that sits under it. Use on a fireplace wall, an inside door, a kitchen island or a hall below the dado.
From the other side of the colour wheel, at a similar depth, for a door, a bookcase or a cushion. Use in small amounts.
Colour values are on screen approximations taken from published community colour libraries (Farrow & Ball; Farrow & Ball (cross check); Little Greene; Benjamin Moore; Sherwin-Williams, Valspar, PPG, Behr, Dunn-Edwards), compiled 2026-10-09. Scores use CIEDE2000. Screens, light and sheen all change how paint looks, so always check a physical sample. Aethos is not connected to any of the paint makers named here and all colour names belong to their owners.