Am I the only one underwhelmed by the new F&B colours?

4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

F&B have launched a new range of colours in collaboration with the Natural History Museum, I feel a bit disappointed and fairly unimpressed by the colours. Is it just me?

https://www.farrow-ball.com/natural-history-museum

Yes, just you, you misery!

No, I was totally underwhelmed too!

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Pallas

4 years ago

I am worried about the colour they think broccoli should be 0_0

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Ribena Drinker
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4 years ago
Totally loathing all the greens.
Sonia
4 years ago
I prefer softer muddier hues. Some of these shades are rather migraine inducing. Like the first three but the rest are just not my cup of tea I’m afraid. :-(
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obobble
4 years ago
They don’t seem to hang together coherently, but I like some of them. I can see however, that in the context of the whole F & B range they bring some upbeat choices for those with bolder taste. I love that yellow, reminds me of tinned custard, tho not sure where I would use it absent a nursery.
Gabby Wong
4 years ago
I think that some of them haven’t necessarily been exampled in the best ways.. I suspect that in the right setting they could work, or as accents.. like who’d have thought that such bold colours like inchyra blue would end up being so popular..

I often take some time to come round to the ideas of stronger shades, but then will see it used somewhere that really works and appreciate it more!

(Or maybe I’m just optimistic having chosen quite a bold green for the back wall of the living room lol)
AMB
4 years ago
I'm not a fan of F&B in general and often their shades are brown-based not blue-based. And the cost is outrageous. That said, I really like that they are picking up bolder colours and being more adventurous. The first time I saw a F&B colour card I was bored to tears by all the shades of beige.
E D
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
I must say I really like these ‘new’ F&B colours.

The current bold colour trend can have a nice dramatic effect in photos but, for me, is not something I’d want to live with.

This more muted, natural pallet I feel has a lovely calming character.
Gabby Wong
4 years ago
Would be boring if we all liked the same colours!

And AMB definitely with you for not having actually bought f&b, not in my budget!

But have colour matched some of their colours for our house... sometimes feels easier to have a smaller range of colours to choose from.. The wall of valspar options can be a tad overwhelming sometimes!
Juliet Docherty
4 years ago
They're tapping into the 'saturated colour is exciting' (which it is in a sense) and neutrals are boring (which is odd) which is the narrative on Instagram at the moment. It could all get a bit 'changing rooms' in a normal house. 'Orange Coloured White'........so would that be Magnolia then? Cough.
rachelmidlands
4 years ago
I like the skimmed milk white. Only because under the Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours description it says white of the human eyeball! Well... I’m sold! Maybe they should come up with a collection called colours of the human body....gangrene green springs to mind:-) The brighter colours are different. Not sure I’d paint a whole room with them tho.
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Annie Webb Interiors
4 years ago
Agree, I think they have got carried away with the Charles Darwin historical references and trying to connect with the huge interest in the natural world but at the end of the day its all about colour and how you connect with it, not the academic source. F&B like their paints to be aspirational and pretentious. It works as they rank high in the paint market and they are fantastic at marketing.
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Paintforme
4 years ago
Ribena, tell us your feelings.
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Paintforme
4 years ago
@Annie Webb Interiors F&B are nowhere near high ranks of the paint market; not at all being fantastic in marketing. They've loads lot money coming from ovepaying customers - for sure. Old fasioned business strategy there.
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Annie Webb Interiors
4 years ago
@Paintforme You said it, "loads of money coming from overpaying customers" marketing obviously working then.
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Paintforme
4 years ago
@Annie Webb Interiors they've been on the market since 1990' (est.49') and are international business so they have a share of the market - agreed. Brand recognition (UK) is at high level - agreed. Sales vs. marketing, two different departments; they spend big on both. With this money they could do better, saying "not at all being fantastic in marketing" was harsh, sorry.

Great colours, paint is okay (decorators' perspective) and good price strategy. There's a new owner and hopefully the business strategy will change too.

High ranks are LG, measured by age and price.

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