Lido Blue is a deep grey from Craig & Rose. As a premium paint, it’s a popular colour to seek out close matches and value-brand alternatives to.
2AM by COAT is the closest match from any other brand (near-identical) — and it holds Lido Blue’s lightness, warmth and saturation alike. The closest value-tier option is Charcoal Sketch by Valspar (very close), slightly warmer and slightly softer. A warmer match reads warmer again in a south-facing room that gets direct sun. Only one of the 8 other brands manages a near-identical match, which makes Lido Blue fairly distinctive. LRV is estimated from each brand’s swatch, so order testers before committing.
Below is every genuinely close match to Lido Blue 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 Lido Blue colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Basically Black (very close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Charcoal Sketch by Valspar 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.
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See the full Lido Blue colour page →