Cross-brand match

Potentially Purple in Farrow & Ball

Behr 640A-3 translated into the Farrow & Ball line

Behr Potentially Purple 640A-3 on a wall, hex #D5CDE3
Farrow & Ball Calluna 270 on a wall, hex #C9C7CD

The closest Farrow & Ball paint to Behr Potentially Purple (640A-3) is Calluna 270, a delta-E of 9.24 away — the closest Farrow & Ball has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Calluna is 6.3 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as cool violet-gray against violet undertone, at chroma 3.3 and 12.0.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTCalluna270
DISTANCEΔE 9.24CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE57.7 against 64.0
HEX#C9C7CDagainst #D5CDE3

Ranked matches in Farrow & Ball

closest first
Farrow & Ball colorΔE LRV Undertone
Calluna270 9.24 57.7 cool violet-gray Compare
Blackened2011 13.05 70.8 true neutral Compare
Borrowed Light235 13.06 68.8 cool teal-gray Compare
Dimpse277 13.07 65.7 true neutral Compare
Parma Gray27 13.19 50.1 cool blue-gray Compare
Skylight205 13.76 61.5 true neutral Compare

Potentially Purple in other brands

same color, different line

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