Farrow and Ball Mere Green 219

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What are Farrow and Ball Mere Green undertones?
Is Mere Green 219 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Mere Green
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Mere Green 219
Code:	219
Name:	Mere Green
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Mere Green?

Farrow and Ball Mere Green 219 is a muted blue-green with a gently smoky cast and medium depth. Its balanced mix of green and teal keeps it cooler than an olive, while the softened saturation prevents it from feeling overly bright. In daylight, this shade can read as a composed green-teal; under warmer lamps, its blue influence may become more noticeable. Use it on kitchen cabinetry, a study wall, or painted woodwork where its depth can define the room without turning near-black. Pale stone, warm oak, aged brass, off-white plaster, and dusty clay accents give Mere Green a grounded, lived-in setting.

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What are Farrow and Ball Mere Green undertones?

Mere Green reads as a midtone, muted teal with a balanced blue-green character and moderate saturation. In the supplied digital sample, it leans slightly greener than a pure blue teal, so its undertone can be described as a relative green bias within the overall teal family. Farrow & Ball describes it as a teal paint colour, which aligns with that visible blue-green main family. Warm artificial light may bring forward its green side, while cool daylight can make the blue-teal aspect appear more noticeable, though the exact shift will depend on the room and surrounding colors.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#477272

RGB code:

71, 114, 114

Is Farrow and Ball Mere Green cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 180°, this dark blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

219 Mere Green HSL code: 180, 23%, 36%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Mere Green

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this dark blue shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Farrow and Ball Mere Green:

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Mere Green with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 0, such as Farrow and Ball Calamine and Mahogany.

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Format	Code
HEX	#477272
RGB Decimal	71, 114, 114
RGB Percent	27.84%, 44.71%, 44.71%
HSV	Hue: 180° Saturation: 37.72% Value: 44.71%
HSL	hsl(180, 23.24, 36.27)
CMYK	Cyan: 37.72 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 55.29
YIQ	Y: 101.143 I: -25.624 Q: -9.096
XYZ	X: 11.652 Y: 14.588 Z: 18.117
CIE Lab	L:45.065 a:-14.829 b:-4.718
CIE Luv	L:45.065 u:-20.04 v:-4.319
Decimal	4682354
Hunter Lab	38.195, -12.387, -1.387