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James
Blues Paint
James from Little Greene is a restrained blue with a grey note, sitting neatly between pale steel and softened denim. It feels composed rather than bright, which makes it easy to live with across a room.
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About this colour
This #8597A3 shade reads as a cool, softly muted blue with enough grey in it to keep it steady on a wall. In north-facing light it will look calmer and a little more slate-like, while in south-facing rooms the blue comes forward and the grey softens, giving it a lighter, airier feel. It does not shout, but it does hold its own beside painted joinery, especially in a satin or eggshell finish where the colour stays clear. It sits well with warm oak, painted white woodwork, and upholstery in oatmeal, stone, navy, or natural linen tones.
How to use it
James works well in living rooms, studies, and bedrooms where you want a settled blue that supports rather than dominates. It pairs neatly with dark-stained or pale timber furniture, and with curtains or upholstery in chalky neutrals, ticking stripes, or deeper indigo shades.
A calm grey-blue on the wall that feels steady and easy to place.
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Pairs well with
James 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.
Bazely Danube
Essential Weaves Vol 2
Baux River
Provence Collection
Maui Slate
Exotica
Bowood Chambray
Manor House
Romaine Stripe Blue
Brooke Stripes
Jenson Slate Blue
Jenson Linen
Pandora Blue
Atmosphere VII
Jasper Blue
Jasper
Marguerite Mer
Alina
Barbade Mer
Paros
Bramble Mineral/Slate
Morris 160th Anniversary Fabric
Brer Rabbit Slate/Vellum
Morris 160th Anniversary Fabric
Other blue fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 7,566.
23 Midnight
Ballantrae
24 Indigo
Ballantrae
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