Thinking of The Tobacconist but weighing up alternatives? This deep brown from COAT has several close cousins across the UK ranges. PaintDial’s closest match from another UK brand is Aged Bronze by Dulux (very close), with every other close match ranked below.
Aged Bronze by Dulux is the closest match from any other brand (very close) — and it holds The Tobacconist’s lightness, warmth and saturation alike. The closest value-tier option is Muddy River by Johnstone's (very close), just as true to the original. No other brand gets within a near-identical match of The Tobacconist — it’s one of the more distinctive colours in the library, so expect a visible difference whichever you pick. LRV is estimated from each brand’s swatch, so order testers before committing.
Below is every genuinely close match to The Tobacconist from the other eight brands — ranked purely by closeness, so where one brand has several near-misses, they all appear. For the single best match per brand, see the The Tobacconist colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Aged Bronze (very close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Muddy River by Johnstone's is the best-value option (value, very close).
The list shows every genuinely close match from other brands, ranked nearest-first by perceptual colour difference — including several from one brand where they’re all close. Screens differ from paint on a wall, so treat these as a shortlist and always order tester pots.
Search any paint name in the tool to see its closest matches across every UK brand.
See the full The Tobacconist colour page →