Match Down Pipe
Farrow & Ball Down Pipe is a deep, low-reflectance shade, neutral in character with an LRV of 13. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Thunder Clouds reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (18 vs 13) makes Mouse grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 13 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 15 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.