If you love Little Greene’s Basalt but want it from a more widely stocked range, you have options — it’s a very dark near-black. PaintDial’s closest match from another UK brand is Rich Black by Dulux (a loose match), with every other close match ranked below.
Rich Black by Dulux is the closest match from any other brand (a loose match) — though it’s noticeably warmer and noticeably softer. The closest value-tier option is Black by Johnstone's (a loose match), lighter (about 2 LRV points), noticeably warmer and slightly softer. A warmer match reads warmer again in a south-facing room that gets direct sun. No other brand gets within a near-identical match of Basalt — 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 Basalt 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 Basalt colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Rich Black (a loose match). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Black by Johnstone's is the best-value option (value, a loose match).
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 Basalt colour page →