Farrow and Ball Sizing 314

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What are Farrow and Ball Sizing undertones?
Is Sizing 314 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Sizing
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Sizing 314
Code:	314
Name:	Sizing
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Sizing?

Farrow and Ball Sizing 314 is a very pale blue-grey with a clean, lightly cool cast. Its soft, misty appearance keeps it from reading stark, making it a useful alternative to plain white on walls or ceilings. In bright daylight, the blue note is more apparent, while lower or warmer artificial light can draw out its gentle grey side. Use it in bathrooms, bedrooms, or quiet workspaces with pale oak, brushed nickel, white tile, and soft charcoal details. Sizing also makes a restrained choice for cabinetry when the room needs subtle color without a strong contrast.

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What are Farrow and Ball Sizing undertones?

Sizing is a very light, low-saturation near-neutral that reads as a soft pale blue-white rather than a strongly colored blue. In the supplied digital sample, the blue direction is subtle, so its undertone is not strong enough to define with certainty from the HEX value alone. Farrow & Ball describes Sizing as a fresh neutral with distinctive blue undertones, which fits its visibly cool-leaning main color family. Warm artificial lighting may soften or mute its blue cast, while cool daylight can make the pale blue-white character appear clearer.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#DFE6EA

RGB code:

223, 230, 234

Is Farrow and Ball Sizing cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 202°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

314 Sizing HSL code: 202, 21%, 90%

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 Sizing

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 Blue shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Farrow and Ball Sizing:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Darker shades

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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 Sizing with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 22, such as Farrow and Ball Blanc De Treillage and Chemise.

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