If you love Farrow & Ball’s Bothy Blue but want it from a more widely stocked range, you have options — it’s a light blue. PaintDial’s closest match from another UK brand is Fragrant Cloud 2 by Dulux (near-identical), with every other close match ranked below.
Fragrant Cloud 2 by Dulux is the closest match from any other brand (near-identical) — and it holds Bothy Blue’s lightness, warmth and saturation alike. The closest value-tier option is Mystic Iris by Johnstone's (very close), darker (about 2 LRV points), slightly cooler and slightly more saturated. A cooler match reads cooler still in a north-facing room, where the light is indirect. Only one of the 8 other brands manages a near-identical match, which makes Bothy Blue fairly distinctive. LRV is estimated from each brand’s swatch, so order testers before committing.
Below is every genuinely close match to Bothy 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 Bothy Blue colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Fragrant Cloud 2 (near-identical). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Mystic Iris 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 Bothy Blue colour page →