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Close-up of muted olive plain weave fabric with a fine textured surface

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Carnaby Olive

Magma Fabric

Carnaby Olive is a calm, muted olive with a dry, textural look and a softly heathered surface.

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About this fabric

Carnaby Olive from Fryett's Fabrics’ Magma collection is made from 59% cotton and 41% polyester and comes 140cm wide, with no pattern repeat. The swatch shows a finely woven plain ground in a subdued olive tone, with a slightly earthy cast that sits between green and khaki. Its surface has a neat, lightly textured handle rather than a glossy finish, which gives the colour a soft, matte depth. This is a quietly versatile shade that feels natural and grounded rather than bright or brassy.

How to use it

Use this olive tone with oak, tan leather, warm white or charcoal for a relaxed, layered scheme. It also brings a more understated finish to cushions, benches and curtains where you want colour without sharp contrast.

A grounded olive that works well on either tailored upholstery or simple curtains.

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Carnaby Olive is a quiet cloth, so it carries a pattern beside it: one of these on the curtains and this on the chair. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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