OutaSpaceman sends news of some exciting paint samples. A company called Green-Scene offers tins of General Muck, Corporal Crap, Devon Soil, and – my favourite for obvious reasons – Yard Filth. There is something endearing about a website advertising paint samples on which most of the pictures are missing, promising “Image Coming Soonâ€, dated 2005.
Hooting Yard
These are marvellous – a wonderful addition to the pantheon of paint names, and good company for Farrow & Ball’s Dead Salmon, Elephant’s Breath and Mouse’s Back.