Last time, we set out on a mission to understand how Farrow and Ball French Gray would work in your home...now let's turn our attention to your house exterior and garden.
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Farrow and Ball French Gray conservatory
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How does French Gray cope with exteriors?
{For more delicious and tempting information, see this list of Colour Studies...
The answer is that, for exterior paint shades, particularly ones such as French Gray, which have such a potential range, you have to be even more careful (sorry to be the bearer of bad news).
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The range of light possibilities varies even more on the average house exterior or garden.
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That's to say, the gap between the shadiest spots of your garden, and where it receives full, unadulterated sunlight is vast compared to inside your home.
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Put Farrow and Ball French Gray in a sunny part of the garden, and it can seem washed out and pallid.....
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...though this effect can be lessened by painting large amounts of French Gray; for example, on a conservatory or orangery.
Look how the colour builds on these conservatories painted with Farrow and Ball French Gray....
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But in a shadier spot, you can suddenly imagine yourself cooling yourself off, under a parasol in France...
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Just as with interiors, on exteriors Farrow and Ball French Gray slips silkily between cream,
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....grey,
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...and green.
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A good rule of thumb for a Modern Country look,is to make sure that Farrow and Ball French Gray gets plenty of shade to look its best.
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If you'd like to paint your front door in Farrow and Ball French Gray then take a look at these..but bare the same rule in mind...
French Gray does best in the shade....
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| Farrow and Ball French Gray front door in sun |
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| Farrow and Ball French Gray front door in evening light |
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| Farrow and Ball French Gray front door in shade |
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Am I any closer to deciding our front door colour?
Wait and see.....!
Images via The Posh Shed Company, Abode Orangeries, gigbird, the paper mulberry, bibbity bob, oracle window solution, sitting spiritually, morton conservatories, morton conservatories, morton conservatories, morton conservatories, Farrow and Ball, Claire Aldus, west egg interiors, unknown, Young House Love, unknown, Susan Spindler Designs, Farrow and Ball, Modern Countrty Style, Stay In Wales, Farrow and Ball, Total Transformations, Border Oak
You are so ... brilliant.
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These color comparasins are WONDERFUL! I am hard pressed to pick a favorite shade of Gray, Grey or Greige hee hee
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I adore that colour. Now I want to pint my front door! Thanks for sharing these great pictures.
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It was a Farrow and Ball research on the Internet that draw me to your blog years ago. The colour studies you do are brilliant and I know how much work there's behind these posts as it's sometimes difficult to find the perfect pictures. I had a hard time looking for some when I was looking for the perfect colour for my kitchen walls.
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