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A pale creamy white
Our prettiest white is named after the old, pre-brightened, starched cotton used for white tie jackets. One of our Yellow Based Neutrals, White Tie brings a gentle warmth to any room and is deepened with a touch of black pigment. Combine with Matchstick, String and New White for a delicate scheme with reassuringly creamy undertones.
Recommended Primer & Undercoat:White and Light Tones
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
Wimborne White
Only a shade away from a pure white, the addition of the smallest amount of warm yellow pigment creates a very versatile shade. Find out more about Wimborne White No.239
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.
Our White & Light Tones Primer & Undercoat creates a wonderful base for our softest shades. Covering imperfections on your surface and adding extra depth of colour, this primer is based on our simplest colour, All White.
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.
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 All White, Wimborne White and Pointing.
View All White Paint Colours
Here at Farrow & Ball, white is never just white. We have over twenty shades to choose from, all with different undertones to create different moods.
Rated 5 out of
5 by
AHJP from
Mom’s bedroomUsed this for Mom’s bedroom. 2.5l was enough for the job - covering 5.5 rolls of Liatris White Ridged Effect Textured Wallpaper from B&Q. Only needed one coat. Half inch left in tin when job done.
Nice creamy white colour complimenting the fabrics very well. Chose in preference to White Tie which we found to be too “Semi-Skimmed” when our comparing tester pot patches.
Date published: 2023-11-16
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Anonymous from
White tie, soft bright and cleanThe colour is absolutely beautiful, soft, bright and clean with a slight hint of a sheen that catches the daylight. I used this in my hallway, a high traffic area and we have a Norfolk Terrier! also a north facing front door so the light is less intense. I wanted a lighter colour to replace the darker original and I painted the dado and skirting in white gloss along with the stair spindles, contrasted by a hardwood hand rail. It looks great and I plan to do my lounge next!
Date published: 2023-09-25
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Lutkin from
Exterior paintExcellent coverage. I have used White Tie for many years this one for exterior finish and Farrow & Ball interior eggshell
Date published: 2023-08-31
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Joan M from
Warm white!A lovely warm white, which l9oks perfect in our north facing country house kitchen!
Date published: 2023-07-22
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ClaireaBelle from
Perfect whiteBeautiful, soft and elegant white. Used in south west facing kitchen. Perfect backdrop for many colours.
Date published: 2023-06-25
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jocool from
The best paint I have ever usedI love Farrow and Ball. It’s a pleasure to paint with. The colours are superb with so much choice. No white spirit needed so easy to clean the brushes. I could go on and on but I’ll just say I would never use any other paint.
Date published: 2023-04-14
Rated 5 out of
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AhHa from
A single coat of elegancePerfect complement to Dorset Cream. Also, I drenched the walls, ceiling and skirting board (used eggshell) and it looks elegant. Only required one coat as well even though I was painting over a slightly darker colour.
Date published: 2023-04-10
Rated 5 out of
5 by
VeeElle from
The perfect off whiteI adore White Tie. It's the perfect off white colour. I painted a whole room in it and it's so bright and luminescent and warm. I've also used it as the woodwork colour in other rooms which have a strong colour on the wall. Has complemented them well. It will always be my go to off white F and B colour. The photos on here don't do it justice at all. Hard to capture!
Date published: 2022-11-21
Rated 1 out of
5 by
BertyP from
Beyond disappointedOur whole house is Farrow & Ball and this is the first time I've felt let down.
We spent a lot of time with different people (all who were lovely) in the shop and were very specific we didn't want a yellow. Somehow we ended up with White Tie which looks like a Magnolia (matches the pre-primed doors perfectly!). If you want a Magnolia this is a great paint for you (with the usual quality of service and great finish) - just be warned it is very yellow.
Date published: 2023-03-02
Rated 1 out of
5 by
So60 from
More imaginative colour schemes pleaseBoring colour schemes Do the colours no justice.
Needs more imagination and colour
Back in 2010, we moved to an entirely water based range of finishes, becoming the first in the industry to do so. These low-odour, low-VOC finishes are easy to clean without harmful solvents. They are also certified child- and baby-safe in accordance with Safety of Toys Part 3: Migration of certain elements (EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021).
Exclusions: Casein Distemper, Wood Primer & Undercoat and Metal Primer & Undercoat.
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.
Limewash: Danger. Causes skin irritation. Causes serious eye damage. May cause respiratory irritation.
Exterior Eggshell and Exterior Masonry: Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects. Contains isothiazolinones. May produce an allergic reaction.
All other finishes: Contains isothiazolinones. May produce an allergic reaction.