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Zoffany

Velvet Blue

2026 Paint PaintZOP1147-34

Velvet Blue is a poised slate blue with a grey cast, part of Zoffany’s 2026 Paint range. It sits between blue and stone, giving walls a settled, tailored feel.

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About this colour

This shade reads cool rather than bright, with enough grey in it to soften the blue and keep it from feeling sugary. In north-facing light it deepens and can edge towards a muted ink-blue, while in south-facing rooms it lifts to show more of its blue note and a cleaner slate quality. It absorbs a fair amount of light, so it gives depth without turning black or overly heavy. In Acrylic Eggshell, Elite Emulsion or True Matt, it works well beside pale oak, walnut, brushed metal and printed linens in chalky or natural tones.

How to use it

Use Velvet Blue in a sitting room, study or hallway where you want the walls to feel composed and a little formal. It suits timber joinery, navy or stone upholstery, and curtains in cream, flax or softened green.

On a wall, Velvet Blue brings a cool slate-blue tone with quiet depth.

Zoffany 2026 Paint Paint

Specification

Brand: Zoffany
Colour: #526176
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

Velvet Blue 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.