Mocha
A genuinely deep shade with weight and presence. On site, Mocha ends up most often in guest bedrooms with softer light, with split-level stair walls a close second. It works beautifully with terracotta, brick, hand-thrown ceramics and warm timbers. Mocha is warm-dark — a high-end paint shade with with a soft warmth that suits low daylight and clear coffee-brown undertones. It reads 1960s in spirit without locking the room into a single period.
Best used in bedroom, stairwell
Warm-dark reads its best where the light is even and natural. Below are the rooms we've installed this shade in most often.
- principal bedrooms
- stairwells and double-height risers
- home offices and studies
Shades that sit beside Mocha
Picked by family, warmth and tonal proximity within the same range.
How Mocha is applied
Mocha 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 Mocha make the room feel smaller?+
Deep shades like Mocha 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 Mocha?+
Mocha 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 Mocha pair with from your range?+
We most often pair Mocha with the three closest shades in its family — see the pairings panel below. Beyond that, it works beautifully with terracotta, brick, hand-thrown ceramics and warm timbers.
A real-finish sample so you're not judging a colour from a screen.