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Zoffany

Elephant Grey

2026 Paint PaintZOP1036-25

Elephant Grey is a settled, mid-grey with a soft olive-beige undertone that keeps it from feeling hard. In Zoffany’s 2026 Paint range, it sits as a useful neutral that reads calm without going flat.

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About this colour

At #9F9F95, Elephant Grey is a muted grey with warmth in it, so it feels more grounded than blue-grey and less brown than taupe. It absorbs more light than a pale neutral, but the tone still holds its shape clearly on a wall, especially in the matt finishes. In a north-facing room it will look cooler and a little more subdued, with the green-grey side becoming more apparent. In south-facing light it warms up and can read as a soft stone-grey that sits easily beside aged oak, walnut, mushroom upholstery and chalky off-whites. Acrylic Eggshell will suit woodwork where a quieter sheen is wanted, while Elite Emulsion and True Matt give the colour a smoother, more tailored wall finish.

How to use it

Use Elephant Grey in sitting rooms, studies or hallways where you want a neutral with a little depth. It works well with painted joinery, dark timber furniture and upholstery in sage, camel, ink or oyster tones.

On a wall, Elephant Grey gives a room a calm grey base with a gentle warmth.

Zoffany 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Zoffany
Colour: #9F9F95
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

Elephant Grey 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.