Farrow & Ball Lichen No.19

Lichen No.19 is a mid green from the Farrow & Ball Signature Palette, with a soft warm yellow undertone that keeps it from reading cold. It sits in the mid band of the Farrow & Ball palette. It holds its character in both daylight and lamplight without dominating a room, which makes it as comfortable on a full set of walls as it is on joinery.

Using Lichen in a scheme

James White No.2010 is the white to run with it — it shares the same undertone, so ceilings, cornices and skirtings stay in the same key. For a scheme built on one colour, step up to Vert de Terre No.234 on walls and down to Bancha No.298 on joinery.

Try it first

A 100ml Sample Pot of Lichen is supplied ready-mixed in Estate Emulsion and covers roughly a square metre — enough to paint a test patch and live with it in your own light for a day or two before ordering a full tin.

Available finishes

• Sample Pot — testing a colour on the wall before you commit (2% sheen)
• Dead Flat — ultra-matt walls, woodwork and metal (2% sheen)
• Estate Emulsion — interior walls and ceilings in low-traffic rooms (2% sheen)
• Modern Emulsion — washable, scuff-proof walls and ceilings in kitchens and bathrooms (7% sheen)
• Flat Eggshell — interior wood, metal, concrete and floors (20% sheen)
• Modern Eggshell — hard-wearing wood and metal, including floors and staircases (40% sheen)

Priming and light

Lichen sits right on the line between Mid Tones and Dark Tones Primer & Undercoat — ask us and we will confirm which one your surface calls for. Mid tones are the most changeable colours in an Irish room — bright on a clear morning, much deeper by four o'clock in winter. Live with a tester first.

Colour reference

• Colour number: No.19
• Hex: #9C9F89
• RGB: 156, 159, 137
• Colour family: Greens
• Collection: Signature Palette
• Light reflectance value (LRV): see Farrow & Ball colour card

Mixed to order at Foy & Company

Every tin of Lichen is mixed to order on our Farrow & Ball tinting system from the correct Farrow & Ball base, so you get genuine Farrow & Ball paint in the finish and size you need. Nationwide delivery across Ireland.