THE PAINT COLOURS

Setting Plaster, from £47.95/2.5L, Farrow & Ball (farrow-ball.com). Hard to distinguish from fresh plaster.

Burnt Sienna Velvet, £48.50/2.5L, Autentico (autentico-paint.co.uk). Earthy and enveloping.

Castell Pink, from £47/ 2.5L, Little Greene (little greene.com). A warm pink the colour of wet plaster.

Fresh Plaster, £40/ 2.5L, Craig & Rose (craigandrose.com). Buff with just a hint of warmth.

On one wall of this attic bedroom, a buff pink accents pale painted floors and walls and an apple green bedcover