a flat tile of warm pale oyster-white paint

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Oyster White

2026 Paint PaintSAP1109-44

Oyster White by Sanderson is a gentle, light-diffusing pale paint with a soft beige-grey cast. It sits comfortably as a quiet neutral for walls or woodwork.

soft warm cream plain none relaxed drapery

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About this colour

This shade reads as a warm, muted off-white with a restrained oyster-beige undertone, #DFD8C5 giving it a softer depth than a clean white. It lifts a room well without looking stark, so it feels calm rather than bright. In north-facing light it can lean slightly cooler and more stone-like, while in south-facing rooms it shows its warmer creaminess and becomes more welcoming. It sits easily beside natural oak, painted joinery, linen tones and muted greens, and the Waterbased Eggshell finish makes it a practical choice for woodwork as well as walls.

How to use it

It suits living rooms, bedrooms and hallways where you want a pale backdrop that stays warm beside curtains in flax, sage or tobacco shades. On woodwork, it works neatly with darker timber, aged brass and upholstered pieces in soft neutrals or faded florals.

A warm pale neutral that stays soft on the wall and avoids feeling cold.

Sanderson 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Sanderson
Colour: #DFD8C5
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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Oyster White 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.