No. 82

Dix Blue

Dix Blue is rated 4.5 out of 5 by 8.
  • y_2024, m_4, d_22, h_4
  • bvseo_bulk, prod_bvrr, vn_bulk_3.0.41
  • cp_2, bvpage2n
  • co_hasreviews, tv_0, tr_8
  • loc_en_GB, sid_100082, prod, sort_[SortEntry(order=RATING, direction=DESCENDING), SortEntry(order=SUBMISSION_TIME, direction=DESCENDING)]
  • clientName_farrowball
  • bvseo_sdk, p_sdk, 3.2.1
  • CLOUD, getAggregateRating, 88.21ms
  • REVIEWS, PRODUCT
75 Years of Perfecting Paint
  • Handcrafted in Dorset
  • Free Delivery on all Sample Pots

Express Checkout with Apple Pay

Ways to Pay


Card Payments


We accept card payments from Visa, Mastercard, Maestro and Amex.

Simply choose card payment and fill in your details at checkout to choose this option. In some cases, you’ll be asked to authorise the payment through your bank for additional security.


PayPal


With PayPal you can pay for your paint and paper in just a few easy steps.

Simply choose PayPal at checkout, confirm the payment on their website (you’ll need to log in or create an account if you don’t have one already), and then you’ll be redirected back to farrow-ball.com with your order complete.


Apple Pay


You can use Apple Pay when shopping on Apple devices and on a Safari browser. But you need to activate it in your Apple account and device first.

Choose Apple Pay at checkout, confirm the payment on your Apple device and you’ll be redirected back to farrow-ball.com with your order complete.


Klarna


Paint now, pay later with Klarna.

We’ve partnered with Klarna to offer you multiple ways to pay for your handcrafted paint and paper. Just look for the Klarna logo at checkout or visit our FAQ page to find out more.

A relaxed green blue

This vintage blue takes its name from one of the first Farrow & Ball stockists based in East Anglia. Like many of our blues, Dix Blue has a large dose of green included in it, making it both warm and easy to live with. A touch of black pigment brings a slightly aged and relaxed vintage feel, making it perfect for use on upcycled furniture, panelling and woodwork, as well as living room walls.

Complementary white: Wevet

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

Wevet

One of our Easy Neutrals, Wevet is clean, understated and incredibly easy to live with.
Find out more about Wevet No.273

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

#96AFAC
#D5CFC0
#C5BDAC
#D5CFC0
accent Colour Shaded White
No.201
#C5BDAC
trim Colour Drop Cloth
No.283
#96AFAC
#427F83
#736660
#427F83
accent Colour Vardo
No.288
#736660
trim Colour London Clay
No.244
#96AFAC
#E3DED0
#F3EFE3
#E3DED0
accent Colour School House White
No.291
#F3EFE3
trim Colour Pointing
No.2003

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 Love the new dead flat finish! I was a bit sceptical of the claims to be honest but this finish is fantastic! As we have dogs it is turning out to be incredibly durable. We’ve now used it in a few rooms. Well worth the investment!
Date published: 2024-01-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Beautiful blue/green Used this with dead flat finish in a north east facing room. I love the way the light affects the colour moving from a greenish egg shell in the morning to beautiful blue tones in the evening. Went on like a dream and dried quickly.
Date published: 2023-11-07
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Absolutely stunning! We absolutely love this colour, it's stunning. We're also fans of the chalky finish and I find the paint very easy to work with. Farrow and Ball is our first choice for paint because although it's expensive, the quality is outstanding.
Date published: 2023-09-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Warm cosy blue If you want a blue that stays looking warm in any light this is the one
Date published: 2023-08-08
Rated 5 out of 5 by from South facing hallway I love this colour, it’s so vibrant and works amazing on woodwork in just one coat. I paired this with All white, which at first I thought was slightly too cold with the Dix blue but I’ve fell in love with the combination of colours.
Date published: 2022-09-19
Rated 1 out of 5 by from Love the colour but.... We bought this in the modern emulsion option for a 4 foot by 5 foot wall in the bathroom to break up the white that the landlord had painted everywhere. I have put 8 coats on this wall so far and tried brushing it, rolling it and using a paint pad! None of these methods have resulted in an even finish. I will attempt one more coat once the last coat has fully dried (at least 4 hours) and then I think it will have to go back to white. So far this has turned out to be a total waste of time, paint (nearly half a 2.5l tin) and therefore money. Just to add, it has been thoroughly shaken and stirred prior to each coat. Extremely disappointing since all other f&b paints we've used have been great.
Date published: 2023-02-28

Product information

Water Based and Toy Safe

Back in 2010, we moved to an entirely water based range of finishes, becoming the first in the industry to do so. These low-odor, low-VOC finishes are easy to clean without harmful solvents. They also meet child- and baby-safe requirements in accordance with The Canada Cribs, Cradles and Bassinets Regulations, Canada Toy Regulations (SOR/2011-17) – Section 23 and ASTM F963 – 17 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety.

Quality Finishes

Every one of our paint colours is available in a range of durable interior and exterior paint finishes, each rigorously tested to ensure an exceptional depth of colour and long-lasting finish. For the very best results, we always recommend using a Farrow & Ball Primer & Undercoat - see above for the correct tone for this colour.

Safety Information

Always read and follow the information on the product label.

All Farrow & Ball finishes except Limewash contain isothiazolinones, which may produce an allergic reaction. Farrow & Ball Limewash contains calcium hydroxide which can cause severe damage in contact with skin or eyes. For further information about our products, including guidance on safe use and application, click here to view our advice pages.

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including acetaldehyde, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.