Simon Houlding Upholstery
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Little Greene

213 colours from Little Greene in our library, across 9 collections. Narrow them in the finder, then feel the shortlist at the Heybridge showroom.

Little Greene
Founded
1773
Where
Manchester, England
Known for
English paint, with the period colours behind it
Visit the houseSee their paint colours
a flat tile of very pale warm white painta flat tile of warm muted beige painta flat tile of warm muted neutral painta flat tile of warm peach-beige painta flat tile of deep warm brown painta flat tile of muted grey-green painta flat tile of muted blue-green painta flat tile of cool mid-blue painta flat tile of deep indigo blue painta flat tile of warm red-brown painta flat tile of warm ochre yellow painta flat tile of pale cool grey paint
213
Colours in the library
9
Collections held
18
Colour families
1
Pattern families
The house

About Little Greene

Little Greene describes itself as an independent British paint manufacturer, and says it is the only British paint maker still producing a complete range of traditional and modern finishes. Its records date back to 1773, when the Little Greene Dye Works stood at Collyhurst Wood on the outskirts of Manchester, which it calls one of England's oldest industrial sites for making paints and dye solutions.

The colours are the point. The house runs a continuing research programme into the decorative history of the 17th to the late 20th century, reissuing colours from it, and partners with the National Trust. The range is grouped by period as well as by colour: Georgian, Regency, Victorian, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s.

For us it is the wall behind the work. A cloth is chosen in a room that already has a colour on it, or is about to, and the two decisions are really one decision. These are here so the second half can be made beside the first rather than after it.

Sources, checked in July 2026: littlegreene.com/about-us, littlegreene.com/paint/colour

In the library

The collections we hold.

Every one of these is in the library, tagged and searchable. Open a collection in the finder, or ask us to bring the book.

a flat tile of very pale warm white paint

Neutrals

72 colours
a flat tile of soft muted yellow-green paint

Greens

38 colours
a flat tile of pale blue-grey paint

Blues

26 colours
a flat tile of warm pink-beige paint

Reds and Pinks

25 colours
a flat tile of warm grey paint

Greys

19 colours
a flat tile of warm yellow-brown paint

Yellows

14 colours
a flat tile of soft warm white paint

Whites

10 colours
a flat tile of soft grey-green paint

Pastels

8 colours
a flat tile of deep cool near-black paint

Blacks

1 colour

Browse all 213 in the finder

Paint colours and photography by Little Greene.

Colour

The palette, as it actually falls.

Counted across the whole card we hold, not chosen. Each swatch opens the colour it was taken from.

a flat tile of pale warm neutral paint cream 37 a flat tile of muted blue-green paint green 28 a flat tile of clear mid blue paint blue 26 a flat tile of warm muted beige-grey paint beige 20 a flat tile of soft cool grey paint grey 17 a flat tile of deep olive-brown paint brown 11 a flat tile of cool pale white paint white 11 a flat tile of warm clear yellow paint yellow 10 a flat tile of soft blush pink paint pink 10 a flat tile of muted yellow-green paint olive 9
The paint

What it is, and where it goes.

Pattern
plain (213)
Made for
curtains and upholstery (169), upholstery (30), curtains (14)

Finish, coverage and the right primer depend on the wall, not on the colour. Tell us the room and we will get the specification from the house before anything is ordered.

In the workshop

Where we use it.

Interior design

Settling the wall colour alongside the cloth, rather than after it.

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Curtains and blinds

A wall colour chosen beside the cloth it will sit behind.

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Houses that sit well beside it.

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