Farrow & Ball Shallot No.CB3

Shallot No.CB3 is a mid pink from the Farrow & Ball Carte Blanche Collection, with warm red undertones. 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 Shallot in a scheme

Great White No.2006 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 Calluna No.270 on walls and down to Brinjal No.222 on joinery.

Sampling this colour

Shallot sits outside Farrow & Ball's 132-colour signature palette, so it is not produced as a 100ml sample pot. Call in and we can show you the colour on a hand-painted card before you order.

Available finishes

• 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

Prime bare or previously painted surfaces with Farrow & Ball Mid Tones Primer & Undercoat. Matching the primer to the depth of Shallot gives truer colour and usually saves you a topcoat. 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.CB3
• Hex: #D3A2BB
• RGB: 213, 163, 187
• Colour family: Pinks
• Collection: Carte Blanche Collection
• Light reflectance value (LRV): see Farrow & Ball colour card

Mixed to order at Foy & Company

Every tin of Shallot 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.