Your own shortlist of the colours and papers you like. It stays on this device, and you show it to us at the counter — nothing to sign up for.
Farrow & Ball
No. 283
Soft mid-tone, barely-there colour, with a warm cast.
LRV here is calculated from the on-screen colour, so treat it as a guide. Screens shift colour, so always check a sample on your own wall, in your own light, before committing. We keep sample pots and hand-painted cards in stock.
In Which Finish
Every Farrow & Ball finish is the same colour underneath. What changes is the sheen, how hard it wears and what you can put it on.
Sheen levels are the manufacturers’ own, and ranges change. They are also not measured the same way from one maker to the next, so a bar is worth comparing against the others in its own column and not across brands. The tin is always the authority, and if you are choosing between two, bring the job to the counter and we’ll talk it through.
Goes Well With
Four shades chosen off the colour wheel: a light companion, a deeper relative, a next-door tone and one accent. All of them are on our shelves.
Close Matches
Ranked by how close they actually are to Drop Cloth, useful if you’re matching existing paintwork, or want the same look in a different range.
Paper & Paint
Every colourway we stock, scored against this colour. These sit closest, and each one has Drop Cloth, or something very near it, somewhere in the pattern.
These pairings are worked out from a photograph of the paper, so the printing, the lighting and your screen have all had a go at the colour before you see it. Treat them as a shortlist worth sampling, not a decision. Bring the paper and a sample pot together in the room, in daylight, before you commit.
Ask Us To Mix It
Drop Cloth is mixed to order at 41 Bridge Street, Godalming.
