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Sanderson

Neutral

2026 Paint PaintSAP1098-45

Neutral from Sanderson’s 2026 Paint range is a soft, easy beige with a restrained warmth. It sits comfortably between cream and stone, giving walls a calm, usable background.

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About this colour

This shade reads as a mellow, slightly golden neutral rather than a stark cream, and #E5DEC4 keeps it light without feeling pale. In north-facing rooms it will look a little more muted and powdery, with the warmth held back by cooler light. In south-facing rooms it opens out to a gentler, sunnier beige that lifts the space without becoming bright. On woodwork, the Waterbased Eggshell finish would give a quieter, more tailored effect, while Active Emulsion keeps walls soft and balanced beside both pale and richer upholstery tones. It works well with natural oak, walnut, and aged painted joinery, and it gives patterned curtains room to sit clearly beside it.

How to use it

Use it in sitting rooms, bedrooms, or hallways where you want a warm background that is not too creamy. It sits neatly with linen, velvet, and timber joinery in both traditional and more relaxed interiors.

A warm neutral like this makes a wall feel calm and lightly sunlit.

Sanderson 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Sanderson
Colour: #E5DEC4
Colour family: 2026 Paint
Finish: Active Emulsion, Waterbased Eggshell
Product type: Paint

Specification as published by Sanderson. 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

Neutral 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.