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Zoffany

Antiquary

2026 Paint PaintZOP1002-25

Antiquary is a quietly complex violet-grey from Zoffany’s 2026 Paint range. It sits between dusky plum and slate, giving walls a restrained, antique note without reading overtly purple.

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About this colour

This shade has a cool core softened by a little warmth, so it reads as a balanced grey with a violet cast rather than a pure mauve. On a wall it absorbs a fair amount of light, which gives it a calm, enclosed feel in the finish you choose, especially in True Matt. In a north-facing room it will lean cooler and more slate-like, with the violet side becoming more reserved. In south-facing light it opens up a little and the warmer undertone comes forward, making it feel fuller and more layered beside dark oak, walnut, linen neutrals, or deep berry upholstery.

How to use it

Antiquary suits sitting rooms, studies, and bedrooms where you want a composed backdrop for upholstered chairs or curtains in oatmeal, damson, charcoal, or worn leather tones. It also works well on woodwork with aged brass, smoked timber, or painted joinery in adjacent greys and off-whites.

On a wall, Antiquary reads as a muted violet-grey with a calm, refined depth.

Zoffany 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Zoffany
Colour: #776F7C
Colour family: 2026 Paint
Finish: Acrylic Eggshell, Elite Emulsion, True Matt
Product type: Paint

Specification as published by Zoffany. 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

Antiquary 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.