No. 237

Cook's Blue

Cook's Blue is rated 4.8 out of 5 by 9.
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A vibrant blue

Cook’s Blue was inspired by the rich and poignant finish in the cook’s closet at Calke Abbey where the walls had been untouched for many decades. This bright and deeply pigmented colour is perfect for use both in kitchens and exterior eating areas, as this vibrant tone is said to deter flies! But it is perfectly at home anywhere in the house.

Complementary white: Slipper Satin

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. 


Colour Story

Complementary White

Complementary white: Slipper SatinComplementary white: Slipper Satin

Slipper Satin

Without cool blue undertones, Slipper Satin often reads as a pale grey chalk which makes for a perfect neutral on walls with darker Old White woodwork. Find out more about Slipper Satin

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

Mid Tones

Based on the colour Bone, using our Mid Tones Primer & Undercoat adds the richest depth of colour to some of our best-selling shades.

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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accent Colour Parma Gray
No.27
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trim Colour Pavilion Gray
No.242
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#9C4547
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accent Colour Arsenic
No.214
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trim Colour Incarnadine
No.248
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accent Colour Blackened
No.2011
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trim Colour Borrowed Light
No.235

Sample Our Favourite Blues

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 blue shades to help you find your perfect match.

Sample selection contains 3 x 100ml Sample Pots of our beautiful Inchyra Blue, Stiffkey Blue and Hague Blue.




Rated 5 out of 5 by from Beautiful blue!! I had my hall and stairwell painted in this blue and it looks gorgeous! I have a lot of art hanging on the walls and the blue makes a perfect backdrop. Am so pleased I took the plunge, after years of just having white walls!
Date published: 2023-08-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Redecorating a shower room. It’s a fabulous sea blue ! I couldn’t wish for better.
Date published: 2023-07-19
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Gorgeous Blue for Front Door Love the richness and vibrance of this paint. Used the correct primer and only required two coats for our front door painting over red and black.
Date published: 2023-06-04
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Wonderful colour So pleased with this colour teamed with white for my bathroom
Date published: 2023-05-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Still in love I painted my office Cooks Blue around 5 years ago & it still makes me happy when I look at it. Nothing fancy just white trim & that wonderful blue. It’s a west facing window & it glows with the sunset. Even my husband, (who is bit of a paint snob) loves working with this paint. We’ve used Farrow-Ball in other rooms but this colour is my favourite.
Date published: 2023-04-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Oceanic Had it in the kitchen now on the ceiling and walls, and it's a lovely colour
Date published: 2023-01-23
Rated 3 out of 5 by from Colour is nice but disappointing gloss finish! Used this for the front door and quite happy with the colour. It was even mixed up in the shop which is quite a breakthrough instead of having to wait for postage or things to arrive etc. My only gripe is that I bought a gloss as I'm a little tired of using satin paints at this point but the finish is really poor quality. Coverage is alright and typical for an F&B paint but the paint cures too quickly so it's incredibly hard to get a smooth non-streaky glossy finish no matter what tool you use. But of a missed trick by F&B as gloss paints will be so popular in the future again but other brands will do a much better finish.
Date published: 2023-09-25