If you love Farrow & Ball’s Beetle Black but want it from a more widely stocked range, you have options — it’s a mid-toned grey. PaintDial’s closest match from another UK brand is Work of Art by Crown (very close), with every other close match ranked below.
Work of Art by Crown is the closest match from any other brand (very close) — and it holds Beetle Black’s lightness, warmth and saturation alike. The closest value-tier option is Lava Grey by Johnstone's (very close), slightly more saturated. 4 of the 8 other brands have a near-identical match. LRV is estimated from each brand’s swatch, so order testers before committing.
Below is every genuinely close match to Beetle Black 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 Beetle Black colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Bowler Hat (very close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Lava Grey 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.
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See the full Beetle Black colour page →