No. 290

Salon Drab

Archive Collection: Salon Drab is rated 5.0 out of 5 by 5.
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75 Years of Perfecting Paint
  • Handcrafted in Dorset
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A deep chocolate brown

This warm drab has a two-part name combining ‘salon’, the small outer room off a drawing room, with a term that describes a colour as lacking in brightness. The richness of this chocolate brown is instantly appealing, effortlessly creating a modern look or classic 19th century feel. Salon Drab works as a dark accompaniment to both the Red Based and Contemporary Neutrals.

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

Complementary white: Joa's White

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. 


Salon Drab Colour Story

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Our carefully curated palette of 132 shades, with an intriguing story behind each colour name, will help you to choose colours you love for your home.

Complementary White

Complementary white: Joas WhiteComplementary white: Joas White

Joa's White

Joa’s White is a light and clean taupe with the merest hint of black pigment.
Find out more about Joa's White No.226

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



Colour Schemes

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accent Colour London Stone
No.6
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trim Colour Oxford Stone
No.264
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accent Colour Joa's White
No.226
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trim Colour Dimity
No.2008
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accent Colour Elephant's Breath
No.229
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trim Colour Skimming Stone
No.241



Rated 5 out of 5 by from A nice dark neutral Excellent coverage. A versatile but timeless color.
Date published: 2023-09-06
Rated 5 out of 5 by from Salon drab is a winner (despite the name!) This seemed like a hold and maybe risky choice for our primary bedroom but once we saw it on the wall we were sold. It’s warmly dramatic, and now we can’t imagine any other choice! We went with the flat finish for extra depth but typically use modern emulsion.
Date published: 2023-08-19