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Basalt
Blues Paint
Basalt is a very deep blue from Little Greene, with the weight of ink and the restraint of a softened black. It gives a room a composed, enclosed feel without reading as a true black.
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About this colour
This shade sits in the darker end of the blues, with a cool cast and very little lightness to it, so it absorbs rather than reflects most of what falls on it. In north-facing light it can feel even deeper and more slate-like, with its blue note receding into shadow. In south-facing light the colour opens a little, and the blue becomes clearer while still staying firmly dark. On walls it makes pale timber, stone, linen and warm oak stand out sharply, and it also works well beside charcoal, navy and soft grey upholstery tones.
How to use it
Basalt suits a library, snug or hallway where you want the walls to feel calm and grounded. It pairs well with painted joinery in off-white or with dark woodwork, and it gives warm leather, tweed and muted patterned upholstery strong support.
On a wall, Basalt reads as a very dark blue with a quiet, elegant depth.
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Pairs well with
Basalt is a wall colour, so these are the cloths that sit against it: one of them on the curtains, the paint behind. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.
Hawthorn Ink
Sherwood Collection
Patio Cobalt Wallpaper
Carnets Andalous WALLPAPER
L Eden Bleu Nigelle
Paradis Barbares Fabrics
Kisumu Caribbean
Breegan Jane x Clarke and Clarke Wallpaper
Sissinghurst Midnight/Spice
Castle Garden
Toile Chinoise Aqua
Ashdown
Toile Chinoise Blue
Ashdown
Ardassa Cobalt
Alexandria WALLPAPER
Borghese Trellis Celadon
Amalienborg Fabrics
Pisa FR Navy
Modena FR
Pantera Indigo
Other Fabrics & Weaves
Acropora Wide Width Exhale/Murmuration
Colour 1 Wallpapers
Other blue fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 7,566.
Smalt
Whites
Echo
Pastels
Drizzle
Pastels
Lodden Embroidery Indigo
Kelmscott Gardens Vol II
Marigold Velvet Indigo
Kelmscott Gardens Vol II
Willow Woven Indigo
Kelmscott Gardens Vol II
Alorain
Paloma Collection
Enya Indigo
Paloma Collection
Remiin
Paloma Collection
Mallory Indigo
Paloma Collection
Anna Indigo
Paloma Collection
Nancy Indigo
Paloma Collection