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Zoffany

Fossil

2026 Paint PaintZOP1043-25

Fossil is Zoffany’s muted, earthy neutral from the 2026 Paint range. It sits between grey, green and stone, giving a settled colour for walls and woodwork.

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About this colour

This shade reads as a soft warm grey with a quiet green undertone, and the #A8A18F value keeps it grounded rather than bright. On a wall it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it can feel cocooning without turning heavy. In north-facing light the green-grey side comes forward and the colour can look a little cooler and more mineral. In south-facing rooms it warms up gently and shows more of its beige tone, which makes it easy to place beside natural wood, aged brass, olive upholstery and deep neutrals. It works well in Zoffany’s Acrylic Eggshell, Elite Emulsion and True Matt, each finish keeping the shade calm and understated.

How to use it

Use Fossil in sitting rooms, studies or hallways where you want a restrained backdrop for patterned curtains, tan leather and timber furniture. It also suits painted joinery beside linen, tweed and muted green or brown upholstery.

A grounded wall colour that sits comfortably with timber and muted textiles.

Zoffany 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Zoffany
Colour: #A8A18F
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.

Paint, matched to the cloth

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Pairs well with

Fossil 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.