A strong blue grey
This cosy and nostalgic blue grey is named after the colour of the bird often sighted around the London landscape. Softer and bluer than more contemporary grey shades like Mole's Breath, Pigeon is particularly suited for use in boot rooms, cloakrooms or darker spaces like studies and panelled rooms. It is also incredibly popular on kitchen islands with the more delicate Dimpse on units.
Recommended Primer & Undercoat: Mid Tones
Complementary white: School House White
Rated 5 out of
5
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coca from
Completly transformed our kitchen
We sampled 4 or 5 colours as we wanted to completly change the colour of our tired looking kitchen. We chose Pigeon and its absolutley stunning. Our kitchen is light and airy and colour changes depending on the time of day. It varies between green and grey. My husband is painting the units and he says the paint is fantastic. He used the dark undertones undercoat, then applied 2 coats of Pigeon estate eggshell. This is the first time we have used Farrow and Ball products - and we wont use any other now. Im busy choosing a colour for an old kitchen table and chairs along with a welsh dresser ive just purchaed, to compliment my new kitchen!
Date published: 2015-03-17
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Joopie from
Beautiful colours but not as hard wearing as you may be lead to believe.
I think there is no doubt that most will love F&B colour pallet. What has been a disappointment (given the price of the product) is that it is not as hard wearing as F&B would have you believe. We used floor paint for all the woodwork in our house because of our 2 small children but even a slight knock by a child's wooden chair has left a very noticeably scratch and a fruit bowl now needs a mat to protect the paintwork which which wasn't necessary before. I must add that we had professionals paint the house top to bottom, F&B primer was used where necessary but they were less than happy with the application. A minimum or two coats is definitely required for both wall and wood surfaces.
Date published: 2014-10-30