Minster Green is a mid-toned green from Farrow & Ball. As a premium paint, it’s a popular colour to seek out close matches and value-brand alternatives to.
Forest Shade by Dulux is the closest match from any other brand (very close) — and it holds Minster Green’s lightness, warmth and saturation alike. The closest value-tier option is Pigeon’s Back by Johnstone's (very close), slightly cooler and slightly softer. 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 Minster Green fairly distinctive. LRV is estimated from each brand’s swatch, so order testers before committing.
Below is every genuinely close match to Minster Green 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 Minster Green colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Forest Shade (very close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Pigeon’s Back 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 Minster Green colour page →