Rectory Red is a mid-toned red from Farrow & Ball. As a premium paint, it’s a popular colour to seek out close matches and value-brand alternatives to.
Merry Berry by Johnstone's is the closest match from any other brand (very close) — though it’s slightly softer. It’s also the best-value tier of the close matches — unusual, as the nearest match and the best-value one usually differ. No other brand gets within a near-identical match of Rectory Red — 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 Rectory 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 Rectory Red colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Garnet Symphony 3 (very close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Merry Berry 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 Rectory Red colour page →