Pall Mall 309

LRV (Light Reflectance Value) - 44. Among many other historical events, Chastleton House in Oxfordshire is considered to be the birthplace of the official rules of competitive croquet, a game previously known as pall-mall (or paille-maille, from the Latin for ball and mallet). Chastleton???s pioneering owner Walter Whitmore-Jones was known for his imaginative games and get-rich-quick schemes, but in 1866 was credited with ???transforming the silliest of open-air games into the most intellectual???. This striking shade is in fact the original colour of one of Walter???s preserved croquet balls.