Mmmmm: dead salmon or cabbage white?

Choosing paint colours can be dreary, especially when it often seems there’s little difference between one hue and the next. So, why not pick just for the name?

British paint makers Farrow&Ball are renowned for their aspirational products with quirky names. So next time a visitor remarks on the colour of a wall and asks what it is, you could say “duck green’, ‘skimmed milk white’, ‘mouse’s back’, ‘dead salmon’, ‘Nancy’s blushes’ or ‘cabbage white’.