Teal Paint Colour Scale
The best scale for cooler light: crisp and balanced.
Four teals from soft aqua-grey to deep, with Donk™ on the ceiling. This scale thrives where warm bulbs would flatten its complexity.
The scale, lightest to darkest
LRV calculated from measured Lab data. Tap a shade for its full colour profile.
The white we’d pair with this scale
Donk™ is a clean, balanced white that lets teal stay crisp. It sits well above Jimbob™, the palest step, so the ceiling reads as white.
The light this scale shares
Cooler light: 3000K to 4000K
Jimbob™ and Bellyetter™ rate strongest under 4000K; Byron’s Ink™, Mercia™ and Donk™ under 3000K. Every teal is weak under warm 2700K bulbs, which flatten the blue-green balance.
Choosing between 2700K, 3000K and 4000KHow to decorate with the Teal scale
- Ceiling
- Donk™, for a crisp, clean ceiling.
- Walls
- Jimbob™ for a light room; Byron’s Ink™ for more depth.
- Woodwork
- Bellyetter™, one confident step deeper.
- Cabinetry
- Bellyetter™ or Mercia™ for deep teal cabinets.
New to scales? How tonal drenching, gradients and accents work.
Try the whole scale at home
Each sample is a 60ml pot of Dead Matt with 3 paintable peel-and-sticks, £5.99 each. Put them side by side and check them by daylight and lamplight.
We will be open to orders from mid-November.