Liquorice is a deep grey from Farrow & Ball. As a premium paint, it’s a popular colour to seek out close matches and value-brand alternatives to.
Coal Tipple by Valspar is the closest match from any other brand (near-identical) — and it holds Liquorice’s lightness, warmth and saturation alike. It’s also the best-value tier of the close matches — unusual, as the nearest match and the best-value one usually differ. Almost every other brand (7 of 8) has a near-identical match, so you have real choice here. LRV is estimated from each brand’s swatch, so order testers before committing.
Below is every genuinely close match to Liquorice 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 Liquorice colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Spinning Wheel (very close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Coal Tipple by Valspar is the best-value option (value, near-identical).
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 Liquorice colour page →