Salon Drab

This rich color can be used to evoke a classic 19^th century feel, or as the perfect choice of paint go to 'chocolate' for a modern look, working as a dark accompaniment to both the yellow and red based neutrals.

Salon Drab is the perfect shade for a traditional study. Its rich tone feels as if it has been plucked straight from a Georgian cottage, lending a serious air to the room. However it is also equally suitable for a modern media room, when used on both walls and ceiling to create a cocoon like atmosphere.

Salon Drab will look great in a formal dining room, I would add Yeabridge Green to the woodwork for extra interest. Being a traditional 19^th century color, Salon Drab works well in period homes, but in a modern house it suddenly takes on a contemporary air.

How to use it...

Salon Drab is a true chocolatey brown - best used on walls, with a fairly strong red-based neutral like Oxford Stone on the woodwork. However it is also a great accent color, which could be used on floors or furniture with all the warm Farrow & Ball tones. I would however avoid using it with blues and greys.

Red-based neutrals like Dimity really suit Salon Drab and will create a sophisticated look. I love to use it with accent colors like Vardo and Yeabridge Green maybe on a piece of furniture.

Drop Cloth

Named after the indispensable dust sheets used by every decorator, Drop Cloth is a darker version of the new Shadow White, and the classic Shaded White; completing a trio of colors that work effortlessly together.

For the perfect understated, tone-on-tone neutral kitchen, Drop Cloth is particularly suited to units, alongside walls painted in its friend Shadow White. It will look fresh in bright sunlight, but more muted in evening light, with the added bonus that lighter walls and darker units will make any room feel larger.

Like Shadow White, Drop Cloth is neither too yellow nor too grey, so works on a number of levels. It is great for creating a sophisticated but relaxed look, especially when layered with Shaded White and Shadow White.

How to use it...

Drop Cloth is the perfect neutral to use with many of the old Farrow & Ball favorites, particularly with Blue Gray and Light Gray for a slightly mismatched and very relaxed scheme.

Drop Cloth is great for those who want to avoid a scheme that is overly gray, but also don't want any yellow tones in their rooms. When used on the walls, with a Light Gray floor, and Blue Gray woodwork, it will create a room that feels as if it has been there forever.

If you're looking for a more graphic, contemporary look, Drop Cloth looks fantastic on the woodwork against stronger colors like Railings and Babouche.