Anthracite
Anthracite sits in our High-end Paint range with neutral pigment that lets the room's other materials lead, undertones of blue-black, and a character that's near-black with depth. Pigment-dense and unapologetic — a wall colour, not an accent. The natural home for Anthracite is alcove and chimney-breast features — and increasingly home offices and studies. It reads high-contrast modern in spirit without locking the room into a single period. Pairs with marble, antique brass and richly grained timbers.
Best used in feature wall, office
Near-black with depth reads its best where the light is soft and consistent. Below are the rooms we've installed this shade in most often.
- single feature walls behind joinery
- home offices and studies
- hotel lobby walls and lift cores
Shades that sit beside Anthracite
Picked by family, warmth and tonal proximity within the same range.
How Anthracite is applied
Anthracite uses the standard High-end Paint build. The technical specification is the same across colour — only the pigment changes.
Questions clients ask about this shade
Won't Anthracite make the room feel smaller?+
Deep shades like Anthracite actually blur a room's edges, making walls feel further away rather than closer. The trick is to wrap the colour onto skirting and trim so there are no high-contrast lines to remind the eye where the room ends.
What sheen options come in Anthracite?+
Anthracite is tinted into your choice of dead-matt, soft eggshell or low-sheen satin. For rooms with high handling — hallways, kitchens — we'd usually recommend eggshell.
What does Anthracite pair with from your range?+
We most often pair Anthracite with the three closest shades in its family — see the pairings panel below. Beyond that, it frames pale stone, brass, marble and warm-white plasterwork dramatically.
A real-finish sample so you're not judging a colour from a screen.