Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back takes us back to that familiar territory of paint uncertainty. This paint can change, in a twinkling of an eye, from this...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Living Room |
To this...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In The Bedroom |
Farrow and Ball describe Mouse's Back as 'a quiet neutral dark stone or drab colour', which, as their descriptions go, gets full marks for helpfulness. But let's look at what it doesn't tell you...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back IN The Bedroom |
First off, Mouse's Back is a strong colour so what might look like a gentle background colour in large rooms...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In Large Living Room |
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In Large Living Room |
or on skirting boards or wood trim....
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Skirting Board Trim |
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Skirting Board Trim |
...will look very much bolder in small spaces....
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Bathroom Panelling |
This is because the colour, with all those internal corners in close proximity, has the chance to build and reflect back on itself, which means that the shade intensifies.
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Looking Intense On Walls and Ceiling |
Quite the opposite is true when painting furniture, as the edges reflects light outwards, rather than inwards and the colour appears to recede...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted Furniture |
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted Furniture |
Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back makes a fantastic choice for painted units in a Modern Country kitchen. Take a look at these babes:
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted Kitchen |
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted Kitchen |
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted Kitchen |
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Painted Kitchen |
Under soft cool light: gentle daylight or halogen lights, Mouse's Back is a soft greige paint...a mid-tone grey-brown blend.
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back On Fitted Cupboards |
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Paint |
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Is A Mid-Tone Grey Brown Shade |
But...give it more warmth (think hot sun or incandescent lighting) and the green undertones of Farrow and Ball's Mouse's Back come out to dance...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Looking Greener |
What was once a divinely muted paint colour becomes rather more bold...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Looking Brown |
either by turning firmly brown...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Looking Brown |
or by giving in to its olive undertones.
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Looking Olive |
Are you looking for a new perfect front door colour?
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| Front Door In Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back |
Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back makes a fantastic exterior colour...could this be the new paint for your front door?
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Exterior |
Its depth becomes a real strength as it can hold its own against strong outside light...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Exterior |
Let's contrast Mouse's Back against some of the other Farrow and Ball paints...here, walls in Mouse's Back, units in Bone and Lime White make a gorgeous Modern Country kitchen combination...
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| Kitchen walls in Farrow and Ball's Mouse's Back, units in Bone and Lime White |
The gentle green tones of Mouse's Back (floor) and Farrow and Ball Old White (floor) blend perfectly together. Walls are in Wimbourne White....
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| Floors in Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back and Old White |
This feminine country kitchen has used Mouse's Back with Farrow and Ball Setting Plaster, a warm brown-based pink...
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| Kitchen in Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back and Setting Plaster |
One of my current favourite living rooms, painted in Farrow and Ball Light Gray with woodwork in Mouse's Back is here. These two colours are a match made in heaven!
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| Farrow and Ball Light Gray and Mouse's Back |
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| Farrow and Ball Light Gray And Mouse's Back |
Here's a great image from Old Mother Hubbard comparing greige paint samples....from the left, Restoration Hardware Stone, Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back, Restoration Hardware, Slate, Farrow and Ball Hardwick White, Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray.
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| L-R: Restoration Hardware Stone, Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back, Restoration Hardware, Slate, Farrow and Ball Hardwick White, Farrow and Ball Charleston Gray |
This is a colour that can easily handle different looks. Lofty Met gallery? Tick:
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In Met Gallery |
Country unility room? Tick.
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back Utility room |
Masculine bedroom? Tick:
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back In Masculine Bedroom |
Used with care, Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back has the potential to be cool, sophisticated and classy. I think I'm a little in love...
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| Farrow and Ball Mouse's Back With Orange Accents |
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I love the names they give their paint. This is a gorgeous colour. I particularly like it on the kitchen cabinets.
ReplyDeleteWow, I am loving some of those images Sarah.....I painted a chest of drawers in Mouses Back a few years ago and really loved it-its a very classy kind of colour. xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat an excellent blog. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm a tiny bit concerned about the green undertones. I'm seeking very neutral warmth for the exterior of a south facing home. I'mm also looking at BM Iron Gate, Stardust and Taos Taupe.
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