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Tar

California Collection: Tar is rated 5.0 out of 5 by 3.
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75 Years of Perfecting Paint
  • Handcrafted in Dorset
  • Free Delivery on all Sample Pots

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A soft off-black

Capturing the off-black shade of sun-baked desert highways, this deep yet restrained neutral is soft enough to envelop a whole room.

This product is archived and made to order, which means samples aren't available and orders cannot be refunded or returned.

Recommended Primer & Undercoat: Dark Tones

Complementary white: Salt

Key features

The finest ingredients

The finest ingredients

We’re dedicated to perfecting the art of paint. At our home in Dorset, we combine the finest ingredients, 75 years of experience and technical precision to help you create beautiful spaces that stay beautiful. Even in our colour rich paints, less than 8% of the tin is the colour. The other 92% is what creates the quality, depth and extraordinary response to light that transforms your home. 
 
Paint is like coffee. The colour is the froth on the top, but it’s the quality of the rest of the cup that makes it taste good. 
– Richard Ball, Farrow & Ball Co-founder 

We use twelve exclusive pigments, all specifically selected for their colour intensity. We take colour seriously, so naturally, we only accept the very best. By using these same pigments to make every colour in our palette, all our shades combine effortlessly, making it easy for you to put together a cohesive colour scheme. 

Deeper, richer colours

Deeper, richer colours

Packed with pigment for an extraordinary response to every kind of light.

We add generous helpings of rich pigment to create our signature look – deep colours with complex undertones. The same space that feels bright and airy in morning sun, can feel cosy and intimate by evening. Our teams design each shade under every kind of light, so it will be perfectly balanced in every setting.

Extraordinary response to light

Extraordinary response to light

We spend months carefully crafting and testing each of our paint colours to make sure they share our signature extraordinary response to light. This beautiful reaction to changing light, like bringing out different undertones or shifting intensity, is what makes our paint so special.

Interior and exterior finishes

Interior and exterior finishes

From walls, floors and furniture to radiators, skirtings and sheds, our range of paint finishes can help you transform almost any surface in your home (and outside it, too).

We even have multi-surface finishes like Dead Flat® and Full Gloss, so you can tackle walls, woodwork and metal at the same time. 

Our comprehensive range is comprised of paint finishes that not only look beautiful, but offer different practical benefits. Designed for a variety of different surfaces, each finish is compatible with our high-performance Primers & Undercoats to ensure exceptional coverage, adhesion and depth of colour. 

Complementary White

Complementary white: SaltComplementary white: Salt

Salt

This soft white is inspired by the chicory coffee popular in New Orleans, often served with steamed milk.
Find out more about Salt No.CC5

Every colour in the Farrow & Ball palette is paired with a specific shade of white, these are selected to celebrate a shared undertone and create harmonious spaces alongside your chosen colour.

Find your perfect finish:

Available in new
Dead Flat

 

Walls, woodwork
& metal

Kitchen walls & ceilings

Bathroom walls
& ceilings

Ceilings

Interior
woodwork

Interior
flooring

Front doors
& woodwork

Exterior
metals

Exterior walls

Traditional plasterwork

Intricate mouldings

Recommended Primer & Undercoat

Primers & UndercoatPrimers & Undercoat

Dark Tones

When it comes to using dark colours, the deeper the better. So, for an irresistibly inviting finished look, pair darker shades with our Dark Tones Primer & Undercoat. Based on the colour of Down Pipe, combining this primer with your topcoat creates an unrivalled richness and makes quite the statement.

Made with the same natural ingredients and pigments as our topcoats, our Primer & Undercoat is the crucial foundation for creating a rich, even and longer lasting finish.

Colour Schemes

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#E2D7C1
#DACB7B
#E2D7C1
accent Colour Light Sand
No.CC2
#DACB7B
trim Colour Citrona
No.CC3
#535353
#93908A
#DACB7B
#93908A
accent Colour Stoke
No.CC7
#DACB7B
trim Colour Citrona
No.CC3
#535353
#93908A
#DFB797
#93908A
accent Colour Stoke
No.CC7
#DFB797
trim Colour Faded Terracotta
No.CC8

Sample Our Archive Collection 

The only way to sample all 142 colours in our archive collection, our Archive Colour Fan is the perfect design resource for those looking to sample beyond our Signature Palette.

Sample Our Favourites

The best way to experience our colours before taking the plunge is with a true-to-colour paint sample. To help you narrow down your shortlist of shades, we've curated three of our most popular shades to help you find your perfect match.

Sample selection contains 3 x 100ml Sample Pots of our beautiful Hopper Head, Off-Black and Pitch Black.

  1. Paean Black
    Paean Black
    No. 294
    No. 294
  2. Tanner's Brown
    Tanner's Brown
    No. 255
    No. 255
  3. Down Pipe
    Down Pipe
    No. 26
    No. 26
  4. Hopper Head
    Hopper Head
    No. 305
    No. 305
  5. Railings
    Railings
    No. 31
    No. 31
  6. Off-Black
    Off-Black
    No. 57
    No. 57
  7. Liquorice
    Liquorice
    No. CB10
    No. CB10
  8. Pitch Black
    Pitch Black
    No. 256
    No. 256
  9. Black Blue
    Black Blue
    No. 95
    No. 95
  10. Bible Black
    Bible Black
    No. 225
    No. 225
  11. Grate Black
    Grate Black
    No. 9920
    No. 9920
  12. Smelt Black
    Smelt Black
    No. G18
    No. G18
  13. Tar
    Tar
    No. CC1
    No. CC1

Need Some Advice?

Our expert Colour Consultants are ready and waiting to help bring your style to life. If you’d like personalised advice on how to use our paint and papers in your home, book an in-home or virtual appointment today.

View All Black Paint Colours

Far from dark and dreary, black paint creates intimate, inviting and thoroughly sophisticated spaces to escape to at the end of a long day. Go bold and take it all over or simply add a touch to your trim.

 

Black Paint Colours

Discover Black Paint Schemes

Find inspiration for your project and view beautiful images of black paint schemes in real homes.

Black Paint Schemes

 



Rated 5 out of 5 by from Great color Great color. A deep, dark, gray that is almost black. The paint applied easily and we love the finish.
Date published: 2023-06-02
Rated 5 out of 5 by from amazing, warm, cozy color I seriously love it so much. I did so much research on paint and I know I could have color matched but it would be so flat in comparison. the matte finish with the way they formulate the color makes the color shift throughout the day and it’s GORGEOUS. I usually get good coverage with two (and always three). This one took two. I know it’s a lot for some people but I usually do two to three coats with regular paint anyway. I love it. It did exactly what I wanted to this room
Date published: 2023-05-29
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