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Zoffany

Tabac

2026 Paint PaintZOP1141-24

Tabac is a grounded taupe-brown from Zoffany’s 2026 Paint range. It sits between brown and grey, giving a quiet, settled colour that feels practical rather than decorative.

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About this colour

This shade reads as a muted brown with a cool grey undertone, so it has depth without looking red or orange. In north-facing light it can feel darker and more restrained, with the grey side becoming more noticeable. In south-facing rooms it warms up a little and shows more of its brown base, while still staying calm and subdued. On walls it absorbs a fair amount of light, which makes it useful when you want a room to feel anchored; on woodwork, the colour gives a firm, tailored edge beside natural timber, camel upholstery, charcoal velvet or pale linen.

How to use it

Tabac suits sitting rooms, studies and hallways where you want a colour that can hold its own beside oak, walnut and painted joinery. It works well with creamy curtains, tobacco leather and muted patterned upholstery in sage, rust or stone.

A deep taupe-brown wall colour with a calm, understated finish.

Zoffany 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Zoffany
Colour: #5A5051
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.

Paper and paint for the same room

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Pairs well with

Tabac 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.