Fox Red is a mid-toned brown from Farrow & Ball. As a premium paint, it’s a popular colour to seek out close matches and value-brand alternatives to.
Cinnamon Sprinkle by Dulux is the closest match from any other brand (very close) — though it’s slightly more saturated. The closest value-tier option is Crushed Cinnamon by Johnstone's (very close), darker (about 3 LRV points). Only one of the 8 other brands manages a near-identical match, which makes Fox Red fairly distinctive. LRV is estimated from each brand’s swatch, so order testers before committing.
Below is every genuinely close match to Fox Red 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 Fox Red colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Cinnamon Sprinkle (very close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Crushed Cinnamon 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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