ACQUA VIVA
A knockout deep, charcoal-blue that speaks of luxury and confidence. A fantastic cinema room or front door colour

APPLE SMILES II
Inspired by the yellow of Dyers Broom, mixed with woad and vegetable blue

ARTICHOKE
Elegant and positive. A great kitchen colour that can be sharpened with Slate woodwork

BEESWAX
A deep vanilla that sings like a canary in sunlight. Smart with Slate and soft with Chaste

BEETLENUT
Rich and exotic. Inspired by the chewing of the infamous South Asian nut. Beautiful teamed with Stone

BITTERMINT
A sharp 1930's style mint, like a pale Laduree box. Great teamed with stronger hot colours like Beetlenut or Flowerpot

BLANKET
A neutral, warm wraparound grey. Team it with pale woodwork like Stone II and rich primaries

BLUE BLOOD
A nod to the Swedish antique blue. Looks really great with Lead I woodwork

BLUE CHARM
A duck-egg blue with a touch of grey. Has an old fashioned summer house feel. Ideal in a bedroom or bathroom

BLUE GUM
A warm, traditional blue that is at home in the hall or the dining room. Smart without appearing pompous

BLUE VEIN
An 18th century Wedgewood classic

BLUEBIRD
The colour of a Wedgewood cameo. Looks traditional with pale, cool woodwork in Lead l, or contemporary with an equivalent grey like Piccadilly Pigeon

BLUE'S BLUE
Has a confident resonance to it. Great with Slate woodwork

BOTH BARRELS
An excellent boot-room green. Maintains depth and warmth of colour under artificial light. With Stone, it looks modern and with Paarl, more traditional

BRACKET
A warm mid-tone neutral from the backgrounds found on Sung porcelain

BRONZE
A dark and versatile green-brown. Great as a woodwork colour with wallpaper and fabrics

BRUNO
Create drama and the illusion of space in dull, cramped passages or halls with this warm, dark brown

BTWN DOG & WOLF
The infamous French mid-tone blue. A classic with soft grays like Felt or, for more excitement, with earthy reds like Caravan

BURRAPINE
A soothing natural colour that expands space and creates a feeling of warmth and continuity. A great companion for Sand on woodwork

CANVAS V
The deepest of five contemporary warm/neutral tones that are beautiful as a background to any reds or as companions to fabric and wallpaper

CARAVAN
An exciting Moroccan red found in the fabrics of Berber tribeswomen. Is sophisticated with warm neutrals like Canvas, or cool with Felt

CARTON
A fabulous background colour, often found on 10th century BC Egyptian sarcophagi. Formal and imposing when teamed with Cotton

CHALK II
Like a classic cream Aga. Chalk V is recommended for traditional south facing morning or drawing rooms

CHASTE
The best warm white, that makes the most of natural light

CHELSEA GREEN II
A classic Adam green from the 18th Century

CHINESE EMPEROR
The colour of the Imperial Chinese family

CLAY V
Like Sisal or Putty; shows up as a yellow-green

CLOUDBERRY
A mellow yellow that feels comfortable and safe. At night can be cozy like caramel when the lamps are lit

CONSTANTIA BLUE
A really deep warm blue-green that takes the plunge

COPPER BEECH
A colour derived from Italian majolica and used in the old Chateau de Madrid. Fantastic with Felt as a woodwork and ceiling colour

COTTON III
A warm neutral grey. Great as a woodwork colour or a sophisticated background to paintings or expressive fabrics

DEEP WATER GREEN
A personality driver rather than a background colour

DELTA
Not too hot or too cold. Great in a dining room, bedroom and on open shelves and woodwork in a white utility room

DIVA
Greatly appreciated by the Romans. A colour made in antiquity from the secretions of the Murex sea-snail

DIVINE BROWN
Mocha, choca, latte. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? Very smart with Salvador

DORDOGNE
A soft gold. Mix with black-green, cream or reds

ELIZABETHAN RED
Classic and bright. Looks amazing with dark beamed woodwork and copper. Smart accompanied by Blanket or Felt.

ESTUARY
A Swedish grey-green, similar to Wattle IV.

EUCALYPTUS
A soft grey-green cousin to Nebulus. Works well with dusky pinks like Temple, browns like Bruno, or whites such as Slate l

EUPHORBIA
An 18th century yellow with a twist. Great with black painted furniture or strong reds, such as Salamander

FELT I
The Felt range is a classic neutral grey between Lead and Slate

FERN COURT
A natural earth green that stems from the garden and elevates the spirits to make a room feel larger

FINAL FURLONG
A fresh, smart green, suitable for the rural or city pad, that goes well with Slate woodwork

FLOWER POT
A flaming Art & Crafts reddish brown. Warm and locally found in base building materials

FOAM
The colour of clouds. Sometimes green-blue, sometimes grey

FOWLER'S OLIVE
After John Fowler. Somewhere between apple and moss

GLASS V
A 1930s inspired mint. Close to Bittermint but sharper. Team with cool woodwork families like Slate or Felt

GREENBACK
Extremely smart in libraries. Looks boutique and full of confidence. Try on French doors open to the garden, with pale walls painted Paarl

HOPSACK
The colour of dentate foliage on 17th century French verdure tapestries. Looks warm with Stone woodwork and cooler with Slate or Felt

HORNBLENDE
A serious, deep green for rainy days and grand shooting lunches. Combined with Stone V it looks contemporary; with Chaste, more traditional

HOT EARTH
An earthy terracotta for a library or den. Amber undertones when teamed with gold and whisky fabrics. Warm with Canvas on the woodwork

HUNTER DUNN
After John Betjeman's muse, Joan Hunter Dunn.

ICE II
Unfairly named, Ice II is a pretty, soft blue

IMPALA
Traditional, soft and powdery with Chaste or Irish Linen woodwork.

IONA MARBLE
Looks fabulous in a kitchen with 1950's gingham check or in a boot-room or hall with mahogany and cane furniture

IRISH LINEN
A classic antique white that looks like it's been on the wall a long time. Use with Chaste to give it more depth and dimension

IVORY II
A classic top of the milk cream. A pure Jane Austen powder yellow

JOINT FAVOURITE
A yellow ochre with green undertones. Balances beautifully with grays and browns

KASBAH
A mixture of black and red. Grounding and reassuring in a study and as an accent in a kitchen-cum-dining room

LADY CHAR'S LILAC
The colour of heavily scented wisteria in full bloom. Great accompanied with Salt shades

LANGTRY
A rich, neutral, honey yellow, infused with reddish-brown. Fades into the background or acts as a colour with Irish linen and Chaste.

LEAD IV
A cooler blue-grey with optical qualities. It's shadow holds magenta and so, in some lights, can look quite lilac

LEATHER II
Good ceiling colour with strong reds on the walls

LEATHER V
Very warm wrap-around colour.

LULLABY
A cotton blue used in Turkish, Indian and Persian rugs.

MALLET
A warm sisal green. Great in a hall or public space. Smart with dark wood and Bronze.

MANCHU
A deeper and browner yellow than Chinese Emperor

MARBLE I
A hard, sharp white. Fantastic with Carrara marble

MARBLE IV
Funky and retro

MARBLE V
A purple-grey, with dusky lilac and lavender tones.

MASAI
The brownish red that warriors wear

MEDINA
An explicit/implicit, classic North African red. Sultry and sophisticated, it's guaranteed to bring out the Diana Vreeland in you. Team with light tones like Felt l or Salt l, or darker Bruno

MELBA
A favourite pudding colour at Villa La Fiorentina, Cap Ferrat in the 1950's

MINK
A colour inspired by Persian carpets and embroideries. Try it with greens

MONUMENT
Feminine and strong. Associated with transformation. A deep earthy purple. Goes well with with Salt, or sharpen it with Felt

MORNING ROOM
Sunshine by osmosis. Greatly favoured in the Regency period

MOSS
From a bohemian café in Paris near the Place des Vosges. The perfect backdrop for black and white floors or Regency stripes

MOTH
A smart and saturated neutral. Add gilt wood furniture, mirrors and slip covered armchairs in gray and white. Team with Cotton

MULE
An Albert Hadley staple shade. Goes hand in hand with lime and a bottle of gin

NEBULUS
Inspired by the colours used in plans for the decoration of the Tuileries Palace in the 16th century

OPUS
A muted, muddy purple-grey. Compassionate and modern. A super smart supporter for expressive fabric

PAARL
A ghostly neutral from the Western Cape

PALE GEORGIAN
An English eccentric

PANEL
A smart Regency colour. Great accompanied by Slate

PAPER V
Fantastically flexible warm ochre. A classic sandstone

PARASOL
In homage to Nancy Lancaster's "buttah yellah" rooms

PELICAN THROAT
The softest pink-cream. Use with Felt l for a chic understatement

PICCADILLY PIGEON
A blue-grey with a Swedish twist. Fantastic in a boys room and, when teamed with red, looks incredible

PLASTER III
A very beautiful tea rose pink. Plaster I and II might be used for a child’s bedroom, yet Plaster V can be striking and elegant in more formal spaces. Compliment with Slate

PLUM BRANDY
Rich, regal and mysterious, it gives an instant feeling of luxury. Deep, brownish-purple by day and at night, a dark aubergine

POLLEN
A rich, deep, traditional yellow that has gravitas and beauty. Looks very smart with Truffle, Tarlatan or Cement

QUENCH THE GLOOM
A colour from the boudoir in the Petit Trianon at Versailles

REEF
Considered more aqua than green. Good with sharp woodwork

RESEDA
A 1920's art deco classic

RHUBARB
A fabulous Luis Barragán, Mexican pink. Can be strong and modern or old fashioned and traditional. Very effective when used as a hidden surprise on the inside of kitchen cupboards or a child's wardrobe

RITA SAYS
A bespoke colour from a column in English Vogue.

ROUGE
From the State Rooms of the First and Second French Empire. Skirting in Salt II could add a certain "je ne sais quoi"

SALAMANDER
The adobe wall colour found around Santa Fe

SALT III
Holds a warm pink quality. Use as a companion to Monument, Opus and the other earthy purples

SALVADOR
A Bahian cinnamon-brown with a dark spiritual flavour. Sharpen with Felt, or warm under Canvas

SAMPHIRE
Inspired by trellis work. A favourite colour of French garden architects in the 16th century

SAND V
Holds a little pink in the palette. Very soft when all the tones are together as a range

SAPLING
An unexpected shade of green that would be wonderful in a dining room or study

SCARLET 'N' RUST
Looks great with soft pink or coral colours like Wild Silk or Suede

SEA BISCUIT
An earthy shell-pink of the softest kind. Pretty in a guest bedroom with Chaste and Slate V

SHOREDUST
A traditional stone colour found near Aix-en-Provence

SILKEN FLANK
Adds warmth to cool north facing rooms. Very cozy with Pelican Throat and pretty with Stone

SISAL
A positive, natural mid-tone. A good colour for blurring the boundaries between inside and out

SKELETON COAST
Inspired by the deserted sandy coastline in Namibia. Looks fantastic with reds like Caravan or Beetlenut

SLATE II
Truly versatile and our best selling warm grey

SLIVER TONGUE
An 18th century Wedgewood green

SNETTISHAM GOLD
Inspired by the Celtic treasure found at Ken Hill in Norfolk

SOBEK
An earthy green-blue. Perfect for a grand salon or ballroom

SPLIT STRAW
A 19th century solar yellow

SPRUCE
A deeply sensual Shaker blue that has grey and green undertones

SPUR
A powder blue. Perfect for a west facing sitting room or guest bathroom

SQUID INK
A charcoal blue, the colour of fountain pen ink. Elegant on front doors, shutters or in the library

STEEL III
Appears as a blue version of eau-de-nil. Versatile on a kitchen island or in a master bedroom

STONE II
One of the most useful colours on the chart. Fantastic for any type of open plan living or more traditional use with its other tones in the Architectural Range

STORM
From the 16th century painting ‘Tempeste’ by Giorgione. The colour of the moment when the wind stops before an approaching storm

STRAW II
A traditional yellow with a hidden bite. Goes with many wallpapers and fabrics

SUEDE IV
Best to think of it as a pink. Looks smart with Stone woodwork

SUGARED VIOLET
Like the cake candy decorations in the West Village

TABLECLOTH
My 'secret agent' colour which is blue and gray and fabulous with a white like Slate l

TALLANSTOWN GREY
Feels at home on a front door or kitchen cupboard. Equally smart in a cinema room or a chic office

TARLATAN
A Paint Library perennial, symbolising genuineness. The brown pigment from which it is derived represents comfort, endurance, stability and warmth. Especially appealing to men from all over the world

TEAL
A Parisian blue-green from an 18th century salon on the Rive Gauche

TEMPLE
A favourite brownish pink, characteristic of famille rose porcelain

TETHERED DOG
An ochre yellow with red undertones. Great in cooler north facing rooms with little natural light

THAMES MUD
An essential perfect neutral that works equally well in modern and traditional spaces

THE LONG ROOM
A 1940s Billy Haines colour from Beverly Hills

TILE IV
A southern European or American green that is fantastic in contemporary and period style homes. Use in a boys bedroom, a contemporary kitchen, or Regency style house

TOWER
An 18th century grey-green for kitchen cupboards

TRIBE
A butterscotch tan. The perfect burnished backdrop for an old English country house look

TRILOGY
A deep Venetian red straight out of Palazzo Zen

TRUFFLE
A traditional taupe. Pair with anything from navy to hot pink or yellow

TUDOR ROSE
Inspired by Lady Jane Grey's brief reign as Queen of England

TUSK
A light, fresh and spicy Indian yellow

VAPOUR
Accompanies red fabrics very well, especially rust tones

VELLUM
A colour derived from the letters and diaries of 15th & 16th century French Catholic missionaries

VERY WELL READ
A textbook colour and an ideal shade for a glamorous library, dining room or den

WATTLE V
A versatile colour, suited to halls, stairs and landings. Great as a background for paintings

WILD SILK
Deeply old fashioned rose seen in wall plaster and English picking gardens

WILLOW II
A pale green to help naturalize any space. Looks pretty and traditional accompanied with fabric or sharper with Slate woodwork.

WOODRUFF
Good in daylight and in the evening in a small sitting room or snug. Great as a bedroom colour

YORK STONE
Use it to create a boutique guest bedroom with crisp white woodwork or rust reds