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Quaker Drab

2026 Paint PaintSAP1115-73

Quaker Drab is Sanderson’s muted grey-violet from the 2026 Paint range. It is a restrained, settled shade with a cool cast that sits comfortably between stone and lavender grey.

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About this colour

This colour reads as a soft mid-tone grey with a clear violet undertone, so it feels cooler than a true taupe but less icy than a blue grey. In north-facing light it will look a little more lilac and shadowed, while south-facing rooms bring out its gentler warmth and make the grey side of it more obvious. On walls, it holds light without looking pale, which gives it presence without heaviness. In Active Emulsion or Waterbased Eggshell, it suits painted joinery as well as full walls, especially beside oak, walnut, charcoal upholstery, or muted floral and stripe fabrics.

How to use it

It works well in sitting rooms, studies, and bedrooms where a calm, slightly formal backdrop is wanted. Pair it with stained woodwork, off-white trim, and upholstery in muted plum, slate, moss, or deep blue tones.

A quiet grey-violet paint that gives a wall depth without feeling dark.

Sanderson 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Sanderson
Colour: #A19EA5
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

Quaker Drab 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.