# Farrow and Ball Grate Black

Source: [https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-grate-black](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-grate-black)

Farrow and Ball Grate Black 9920 is a deep charcoal grey with a faintly warm, softened cast rather than a hard blue-black edge. Its near-neutral character gives it a grounded appearance, while the dark value adds clear definition to walls, doors, and built-in cabinetry. In bright daylight, this shade can read as a softened black; under warmer evening lighting, its subtle brown-grey notes become more noticeable. Use Grate Black on a study, dining room, or exterior trim alongside off-white plaster, pale oak, aged brass, and natural stone. It also makes a strong backdrop for lighter textiles and artwork with cream, rust, or muted green tones.

## Color details
- **Brand or system:** Farrow and Ball
- **Color name:** Grate Black
- **Color code:** 9920
- **HEX:** #454341
- **RGB:** 69, 67, 65
- **Brightness:** Dark
- **Color families:** Grey
- **Temperature:** warm
- **Digital color bias:** Editorial undertone description

## Undertone and color character

Grate Black is a deep, low-saturation near-black that reads mainly as a softened charcoal rather than a sharply colored black. In the supplied digital sample, any warm or orange-leaning bias is very slight, so it is not strong enough to support a confident undertone label; Farrow & Ball describes it as sitting among the softer tones in its collection, which fits its muted overall appearance. Warm artificial light may make its subtle warmth more noticeable, while cool daylight can make it appear more neutral or slightly cooler, depending on surrounding colors and finish.

## Color codes
- **HSV:** Hue: 30° Saturation: 5.8% Value: 27.06%
- **HSL:** hsl(30, 2.99, 26.27)
- **CMYK:** Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.9 Yellow: 5.8 Key: 72.94
- **YIQ:** Y: 67.37 I: 1.834 Q: -0.199
- **XYZ:** X: 5.415 Y: 5.661 Z: 5.807
- **CIE Lab:** L:28.541 a:0.41 b:1.512
- **CIE Luv:** L:28.541 u:1.182 v:1.672
- **Decimal:** 4539201
- **Hunter Lab:** 23.793, -1.012, 2.185

## Equivalent and related colors
- [Dulux Stable Gates](https://plan-home.com/color/stable-gates)
- [Jotun Blackened Black](https://plan-home.com/color/blackened-black-9938)
- [Farrow and Ball Liquorice](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-liquorice)
- [Farrow and Ball Off-Black](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-off-black-57)
- [Tikkurila Midnight](https://plan-home.com/color/midnight-y498)
- [Farrow and Ball Smelt Black](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-smelt-black)
- [Dulux Spinning Wheel](https://plan-home.com/color/spinning-wheel)
- [Farrow and Ball Tanner's Brown](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-tanners-brown-255)
- [Dulux Almost Black](https://plan-home.com/color/almost-black)
- [Tikkurila Licorice](https://plan-home.com/color/licorice-x499)
- [RAL Classic Umbra grey](https://plan-home.com/color/umbra-grey-ral-7022)
- [Farrow and Ball Pitch Black](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-pitch-black-256)
- [Farrow and Ball Railings](https://plan-home.com/color/railings)
- [Dulux Rum Caramel 1](https://plan-home.com/color/rum-caramel-1)
- [Farrow and Ball Black Blue](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-black-blue)
- [RAL Classic Black olive](https://plan-home.com/color/black-olive-ral-6015)
- [Dulux Dipped Chocolate](https://plan-home.com/color/dipped-chocolate)
- [Farrow and Ball Paean Black](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-paean-black)

## Complementary colors
- [Farrow and Ball Black Blue](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-black-blue)
- [Farrow and Ball Hazy](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-hazy-cc6)
- [Farrow and Ball Barrow Blue](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-barrow-blue)
- [Farrow and Ball Graupel](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-graupel)
- [Farrow and Ball Selvedge](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-selvedge-306)
- [Farrow and Ball Kittiwake](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-kittiwake-307)
- [Farrow and Ball Lulworth Blue](https://plan-home.com/color/farrow-and-ball-lulworth-blue-89)

Official product page: https://www.farrow-ball.com/us/paint/grate-black

## Important note

Digital color values and matches are approximate. Screens, lighting, paint finish, surface texture, and application method can change how a color appears. Test a physical paint sample before making a final decision.