Formal Dining Room

English Country · Dining · Curation score 90/100

Card Room Green walls — rich and atmospheric for evenings, calmer in daylight than you'd expect.

Made for

• Room: Dining
• Period: Georgian · Victorian · Edwardian
• Lighting: North or east light
• Mood: Considered, layered
• Temperature: Cool-leaning
• Average LRV: 48

Why this works

• LRV spread (8 → 78): 70-point range across 5 colours — proper architectural contrast.
• Warmth balance (0 warm · 2 cool): Cool-led scheme with no warmth to break it.
• Undertone harmony (Aligned): 3 of 5 carry a warm inflection — they speak the same language.

What each colour does

Wall — Card Room Green (Farrow & Ball No.79, LRV 18, cool green undertone). The main hero of the scheme — fills your largest surface.

Companion — Cornforth White (Farrow & Ball No.228, LRV 60, warm pink undertone). Use on the wall in a hallway or adjacent room for a continuous scheme, or as a second wall colour in the same room.

Accent — Railings (Farrow & Ball No.31, LRV 8, cool blue undertone). For smaller surfaces — doors, alcoves, picture rails, a feature joinery piece.

Trim — Skimming Stone (Farrow & Ball No.241, LRV 78, warm pink undertone). Skirting, architraves, frames. Usually pale, lets the main colours breathe.

Ceiling — Skimming Stone (Farrow & Ball No.241, LRV 78, warm pink undertone). Recommended ceiling colour for this scheme.

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