farrow & ball are a british manufacturer of paints and wallpapers largely based upon historic colour palettes and archives . their colour names such as elephant s breath have become talking points 1 in themselves . contents 1 history 2 showrooms and stockists 3 books 4 notes 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was started by john farrow and richard maurice ball in the 1930s in wimborne minster dorset . 2 they have worked with the national trust for places of historic interest or natural beauty of the uk 3 in formulating near to exact matches for the restoration of historic building interiors and exteriors . today they maintain an updated colour card of 132 colours . farrow & ball also produce wallpaper patterns made using traditional block trough and roller methods and made using farrow & ball paint . showrooms and stockists edit the company has 54 showrooms across the uk us canada & europe as well as a global network of stockists carrying both paint and wallpaper . books edit farrow & ball has produced three books ; paint and colour in decoration 4 the art of colour 5 and living with colour 6 notes edit http karenhaller.co.uk blog branding colour how paint companies personalities shines through their paint colour names farrow & ball traditional papers & paint wimborne white . farrow & ball . retrieved 2009 06 25 . http www.latimes.com features printedition home la hm wallpaper14apr14 1 3351908 . story coll la home printedition friedman joseph . paint and color in decoration . rizzoli new york 2003 . isbn 0 8478 2593 0 . coleman brian d. farrow & ball the art of colour . gibbs smith layton utah 2007 . isbn 978 1 4236 0010 7 byam shaw ros . living with colour . ryland peters & small new york london 2010 . isbn 978 1 84975 038 7 references edit friedman joseph . paint and color in decoration . rizzoli new york 2003 . isbn 0 8478 2593 0 . external links edit official website this article about an english company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title farrow % 26 ball & oldid 707638634 categories color spacepaint manufacturerscolorhistoric preservationinterior designenglish brandscompanies established in 19301930 establishments in englandcompanies based in dorsetenglish company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 february 2016 at 23 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view