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Chalk
2026 Paint PaintZOP1015-24
The house has discontinued this one. We are keeping the page so the link still works, but we can no longer order it. There are alternatives below, and if you have a cutting or a photograph we will help you match it.
Chalk by Zoffany is a soft, warm off-white with a gentle cream undertone. In the 2026 Paint range, it sits in that useful middle ground between white and beige.
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See this colour on Zoffany's own site, then order it through us.
About this colour
With its colour value of #F3EFE3, Chalk reads as a light, slightly creamy neutral rather than a sharp white. It lifts a room well, but the warmth in the shade stops it from feeling stark, so it can make walls feel calm and open without losing softness. In north-facing light it will look more muted and a little paler, with the cream tone becoming quieter. In south-facing rooms it appears warmer and fuller, sitting comfortably beside natural wood, painted joinery, linen shades and upholstery in stone, taupe, sage or muted blue. In Acrylic Eggshell, Elite Emulsion or True Matt, it stays restrained and balanced across walls and woodwork.
How to use it
Chalk suits sitting rooms, halls and bedrooms where you want a light background that still feels lived-in. It works well with pale oak, walnut-stained woodwork and upholstery in oatmeal, camel, dusty green or soft charcoal.
A warm off-white like Chalk brings a room up gently without looking cold.
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Pairs well with
Chalk 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.
Camley Ivory
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Poplar Ivory
Essential Weaves Vol 1
Bibury Ivory
Avebury
Hatoum Ivory
Metropolitan Wallcoverings
Maddox Leaf
Florenza Sheers
Spot Voile Cream
Florenza Sheers
Kingsley Ivory
Kingsley
Eloa Ivory
Brasilia
Napa White
Jack
Enchantedforest cream
Voyagecountry
Riverfish Cream
Voyagecountry
Kiso Outdoor Soapstone
Nicoya
Other cream fabrics
Across the houses we hold. See all 4,268.
Tiverton Ivory
Tiverton
The Firms White
Neutral
Powdered chalk
Neutral
Pearwood
Neutral
Fired Biscuit
Neutral
Ernest White
Neutral
Fairford Cream/Pewter/Rose
Cosmopolitan
Kelway Silk Ivory
Cosmopolitan
Kirov Ivory
Cosmopolitan
Lord's Linen Ivory
Historic Royal Palaces
Summit Parchment
Essential Colours
Canyon Ivory
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