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Color match Farrow & Ball’s De Nimes

2 years ago

I absolutely love Farrow & Ball’s De Nimes for my new house’s entryway. We’re using BM through the rest of the house (and this is what I’m most familiar with). Has anyone matched a BM to De Nimes. One blog listed Steep Cliff Gray but I’m not so sure.

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Jennifer Hogan
2 years ago
Do you have a sample of the De Nimes paint color? If so you can have BM create a custom color match to the sample. They may also have a formula to match the F&B colors already in their computer system.

The closest colors I have found to De Nimes paint color are

The numbers just under the brand line are the Delta E measurement (AC-24 Charlotte Slate is showing 1.7)

Delta E is the measurement of the difference between two colors. Less than 1 is usually not detectable by the human eye unless they are right next to each other.

The difference between De Nimes and Steep Cliff Gray is only a 3, would look close but it is a good deal more gray and less colorful. Benjamin Moore can color match SW colors.

Color matching between brands is never going to be absolutely perfect, but can be close enough that no one will be able to see the difference.
Marylee H
2 years ago

Steep Cliff Gray is a smidge darker & more neutral than De Nimes.

Due to its Hue Family location, it may feel perceptually a little more green in some settings too.

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Lori A. Sawaya
2 years ago
One blog listed Steep Cliff Gray but I’m not so sure.

It's not bad. But it's not the same vibe as the F&B color IMO. SW's Foggy Day the other stock color that's closest; it's more bluish compared to DeNimes.

You can usually get a decent match with colors in this region of the color wheel, blueish-green, greenish-blue a.k.a. bleen and grue. Definitely worth getting a test pot from F&B, painting a sample and taking it to the store to see what they can do with it.
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