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Paint Poll: F&B Light Blue vs. Pigeon

5 months ago
last modified: 5 months ago

We're building (actually already built and waiting for paint 😳) a wall of built-ins around our fireplace in a small sitting room. What we will mostly do in this place: I will work at a small desk primarily during the daytime (here and there, not full time) and adults will sit for drinks and conversation, primarily in the evenings.

One side will be a built-in desk. I am extremely torn between two paint colors:


Farrow & Ball Pigeon No. 25


and


Farrow & Ball Light Blue No. 22


In the images, you will see examples of it painted on the actual wall as well as storyboards with each of these colors. Note that I will probably do a burnished brass hardware with this (rather than a brighter, unlacquered brass), which works nicely with both colors. My thoughts: the Light Blue is objectively a bit more beautiful than the Pigeon but possibly more predictable and pushes the wall covering options into a lighter realm (not going darker because the space is extremely sunlit and we'd be fighting nature in that direction). I think the Pigeon is maybe a bit more interesting, invites a wider palette for wall coverings, and lends itself to a slightly "cooler"/neater interior space. Knocks on both: a small part of me wonders if the Light Blue does not have enough depth / is too "delicate" for cabinetry in this space, and I also wonder if the Pigeon looks a little like concrete.









Farrow & Ball Light Blue No. 22
Farrow & Ball Pigeon No. 25

Comments (11)

  • 5 months ago

    They both look like a shade of gray, one lighter and one darker, on my monitor. I am not fond of either of them.

  • 5 months ago

    I have used both SW Comfort Gray and SW Acacia Haze in my home in the past. These are quite similar to the two FB Colors. Comfort Gray is one of my favorite wall colors, but it is pretty light for cabinetry - I would most likely go for the darker of the two.




    Laura Baker thanked Jennifer Hogan
  • 5 months ago

    I like both colors and have similar (Blue Gray) in my kitchen. I voted for Light Blue here because it’s lighter- I love Pigeon, too. The fact that they are both muted an grayed is a plus,IMO. I’ve used both F&B and BM in my home, and I have to say that the F&B is definitely more nuanced, changeable over the course of the day, and therefore more beautiful- to me.

    Laura Baker thanked chinacatpeekin
  • PRO
    5 months ago

    Very dull colors but in reality, which color of these you use depends on what furniture you will be using, how your furniture will look with daylight and night time.

  • 5 months ago

    I like both, probably lean towards the lighter though,

    Farrow & Ball paints are my favorite, they seem to have a ”depth” that other paints don’t have. I don’t think you can go wrong with either one.

    Laura Baker thanked K Laurence
  • PRO
    5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    Lots of sun does like darker tones, especially when chosing an accent color. Why? Because sunlight can wash out lighter colors, IMO.


    https://www.matchmypaintcolor.com/benjamin-moore/blue-spruce-1637/farrow-ball-matches




  • 5 months ago

    I don't like either. Too depressing; just looking at them on my monitor makes me feel saddened. Take your cue from the colors in your artwork -- there's a lovely soft blue in there, or if you want a richer color, there is the deeper, more saturated blue. Neither of those would make me feel like committing suicide.

  • 5 months ago

    I'm inclined to like the lighter of the two colors more with your floor.


    How much contrast do you want with the cabinets and fireplace? If a lot of contrast go for the lighter color, if not much contrast go for the darker.


    In a small room, I'd prefer to color drench the whole room including the bookcases in the same color. It looks like you want a woven wallpaper though, yes? If so, I'd select the two in tendem. Get your FB paint samples, have them with you while looking for your wall coverings, see what sings.


  • 5 months ago

    Gray is gray. Not what I would ever choose.

  • 5 months ago
    last modified: 5 months ago

    Not a fan of either but your furnishings and natural light might make a difference.

    Won’t feel cooler, but perhaps potentially drab.


    Could feel dreary as well.


    Maybe consider a different undertone and paint larger swatches next to each other of your top choices. Compare during different times of the day and with the lights on. F&B have excellent consultants and in my experience they easily narrow down shades based on what info is provided to them.






  • 5 months ago

    If these are the only choices, then Light Blue wins.