If you love Farrow & Ball’s Dinnerware but want it from a more widely stocked range, you have options — it’s a mid-toned blue. PaintDial’s closest match from another UK brand is Smalt by Craig & Rose (very close), with every other close match ranked below.
Smalt by Craig & Rose is the closest match from any other brand (very close) — and it holds Dinnerware’s lightness, warmth and saturation alike. The closest value-tier option is Blue Odyssey by Johnstone's (close), lighter (about 2 LRV points). No other brand gets within a near-identical match of Dinnerware — 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 Dinnerware 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 Dinnerware colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Deepest Amethyst (very close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Blue Odyssey by Johnstone's is the best-value option (value, 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 Dinnerware colour page →