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Morris & Co.

Blackthorn

Blackthorn is a grounded brown from Morris & Co. with the steady depth of #5C4A3C. It brings a room down to earth without feeling black or overly red.

deep cocoa brown plain none smart upholstery

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About this colour

This shade reads as a warm, muted brown with a quiet olive-brown undertone, so it feels substantial rather than harsh. On walls it absorbs a fair amount of light, giving a room a settled, enveloping look, while still leaving the colour legible in daylight. In a north-facing room it can feel deeper and slightly cooler, with the brown taking on a more shadowed note. In south-facing light it warms up and shows its earthy side, sitting well beside oak, walnut, aged brass, cream upholstery and darker patterned drapery.

How to use it

Blackthorn suits libraries, studies and dining rooms where you want woodwork to read as part of the architecture. It works especially well beside leather chairs, warm timber, linen curtains and upholstery in moss, ochre or muted claret.

A deep brown like Blackthorn gives walls a calm, grounded feel and works well on joinery too.

Morris & Co.Brown Paint

Specification

Brand: Morris & Co.
Colour: #5C4A3C
Colour family: Brown
Finish: Signature Emulsion Paint
Product type: Paint
Surface: Interior walls & ceilings, Interior metalwork, Interior woodwork

Specification as published by Morris & Co.. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Order it with the cloth

A pot comes off the same order as the fabric, so the wall and the chair in front of it are chosen together. The making is ours: cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage.

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Pairs well with

Blackthorn 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.