Terracotta and Clay Paint Colour Scale
Light this scale with 2700K and it glows.
Four warm earths from soft clay to deep red-brown, with Dahnya™ on the ceiling. Every shade, the white included, looks its best under a candle-warm 2700K bulb.
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
Dahnya™ is a warm, creamy white that shares the scale’s 2700K affinity. Because the ramp starts at a mid-depth clay, there is a deliberate leap from white to colour, which keeps the ceiling crisp.
The light this scale shares
2700K: the glow
Every shade in this scale rates strongest under a warm 2700K bulb, and all are weak under cool 4000K light. Warm bulbs bring out the red earth in these pigments; cool light flattens them.
Choosing between 2700K, 3000K and 4000KHow to decorate with the Terracotta & Clay scale
- Ceiling
- Dahnya™, which glows alongside the scale under warm bulbs.
- Walls
- Fothergill™ for a warm, sociable room.
- Woodwork
- Recreation™ or Ladycow™ for a bold step deeper.
- Cabinetry
- Fognani™ for deep, earthy 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.