Vardo
Farrow & Ball's Vardo is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its cool classification gives it a crisper edge that may become clearer beside warm timber, cream or brass. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#427e83LRV
15.34
Vardo in Rooms
Follow Vardo from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 45 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
8 Bathroom Photos
Across 8 bathroom images, Vardo (288) meets window light, mirrors and focused task lighting. Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes.
Vardo bathroom picture
@heathlane_restoration
6 Bedroom Photos
6 sourced room photos give the gallery a lived-in point of reference. Together they show Vardo (288) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Vardo bedroom accent wall
@growing_greenfields
4 Front Door Photos
Vardo (288) moves through 4 front door images without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes.
Farrow and Ball Vardo front door inspiration
@claire.neenan
Farrow and Ball Vardo front door color review
@tandrbespoke
Farrow and Ball Vardo front door color
@chippernelly
Farrow and Ball Vardo front door
@jelwellbespokejoineryltd
11 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Viewed across 11 kitchen cabinets images in cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, Vardo (288) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 15.3, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Vardo kitchen cabinets paint review
@londontrowel
10 Living Room Photos
The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes. In this setting, let the movement from window light to lamplight and upholstery, timber, art and metal accents guide the final sample decision.
Farrow and Ball Vardo living room accent wall
@browns_at_no_43
1 Home Office Photo
Across 1 home office image, Vardo (288) meets daylight beside desk lamps and screen glow. Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes.
Vardo home office interior
@hannahreddeninteriors
4 Misc Photos
The blue hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes. In this setting, let the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms and a changing mix of architectural details and personal finishes guide the final sample decision.
Farrow and Ball Vardo wall paint
@poindexterity
Farrow and Ball Vardo door color
@personalspaceinteriors
Farrow and Ball Vardo 288 review
@awholenewbuild
Farrow and Ball Vardo 288 review
@untillemonsrsweet
1 Dining Room Photo
Vardo (288) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its cool classification can bring a composed, clean tension to warmer finishes. Test it under natural light, candles and pendant lighting.
Farrow and Ball Vardo dining room accent wall
@lottyhome
Complementary Colors
Pink Ground reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 15), opening up a space where Vardo encloses it.
With LRVs of 15 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Sulking Room Pink reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.