If you love Farrow & Ball’s Single Cream but want it from a more widely stocked range, you have options — it’s a pale off-white. PaintDial’s closest match from another UK brand is Adventure Novel by Johnstone's (near-identical), with every other close match ranked below.
Adventure Novel by Johnstone's is the closest match from any other brand (near-identical) — and it holds Single Cream’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 Single Cream 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 Single Cream colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Labrador Sands 5 (near-identical). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Adventure Novel by Johnstone's 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 Single Cream colour page →