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Zoffany

Nocturne

2026 Paint PaintZOP1088-24

Nocturne is a restrained blue-grey with a cool, shaded feel and a muted depth that sits comfortably on walls and woodwork. In Zoffany’s 2026 Paint range, it reads as a quiet mid-tone rather than a pale grey or a strong blue.

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About this colour

This shade has a cool base with just enough blue in it to stop it feeling flat, so it looks calm and composed on a wall. It absorbs more light than it reflects, giving rooms a settled, enveloping quality rather than a bright lift. In a north-facing room, Nocturne can feel more slate-like and sober, with the blue-grey side becoming clearer. In south-facing light, the colour softens and gains a little warmth, though it still remains distinctly cool and measured. It works well beside pale oak, dark walnut, brushed metal finishes, and upholstery in stone, taupe or muted indigo.

How to use it

Nocturne suits living rooms, studies and bedrooms where a deeper neutral is needed on walls or joinery. It pairs especially well with oak furniture, painted trim in soft white, and curtains in natural linen, charcoal or subdued blue tones.

On a wall, Nocturne gives a room a calm, shaded depth without turning heavy.

Zoffany 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Zoffany
Colour: #60606A
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

Nocturne 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.