Colour is one of the strongest influences on how we connect with a place, whether it is our own home, our hometown or somewhere rather more far flung. Consider London, for example. It is a city dominated by red, double decker busses, telephone boxes and post boxes, even red brickwork. Similarly, we automatically connect the iconic yellow cab with New York, and blue and white immediately invokes images of sun drenched Greek islands, where the dazzling Mediterranean air gives the brilliant white an inimitable quality.

Local culture and geography are reflected in colour, thus distinguishing one place from another, resulting in a sense of identity. Sometimes subtle and subconscious, it can create an emotional bond and a sense of security and belonging. Yet it is easy to take the familiarity of home for granted and underestimate the subtle connections that surround us in our day to day lives. But as they say, travel does indeed broaden the mind, if only to allow us to reconnect to the familiar and comforting.

After a long four year wait, F&B have added eleven beautiful new colours to their colour card. Rather than relying on the shock of the new and unfamiliar, as so many designers do, they have taken a different approach. By taking their much-loved signature palette as their lead, each new addition has that familiar F&B understated elegance and fits effortlessly into the palette of 132 colours. And, as you would expect, the names are inventive; either connected to existing colours or inspired by familiar rituals of homelife, craft and nature that reassure and nurture us. Every one of these exciting new colours is an instantly recognisable Farrow & Ball colour, and it is incredibly hard to pick out a favourite as they are all sure to be winners.

The first is ‘Stirabout’, a warm neutral which takes its inspiration and its name from the Irish colloquial for porridge. Paired with ever-popular Pointing, it is gentle and nurturing. Next, inspired by wild swimming and named after the little whirls and currents in open water, ‘Eddy’ is a delicate green which sits somewhere between Cromarty and French Gray. Barely there, ‘Tailor Tack’ is the lightest and most delicate of the Farrow & Ball pinks, drawing on the tradition of Couturiers’ workrooms.

Named after Templeton House, once owned by Josiah Wedgwood, ‘Templeton Pink’ is an historically inspired shade which gently enfolds you, whilst for nature lovers, the papery winged seeds of maple, ash and sycamore lend their name to ‘Whirlybird’, a fresh, soft version of Breakfast Room Green. Birders will recognise ‘Kittiwake’, a clean, cool blue sitting between Parma Gray and Lulworth Blue, inspired by bright sunlight on the wings of these noisy seabirds.

Building onto popular colour groups, a companion colour to the very popular De Nimes is ‘Selvedge’, slightly lighter in shade but also named after a textile weaving reference. The result of the marriage of two of the most perennial of Farrow & Ball’s colours, ‘Hopper Head’ lies between Down Pipe and Railings, all names inspired by architectural ironwork.

To add a sense of adventurous joy and buccaneering spirit to a room, the piratically named, flame red ‘Bamboozle’ couldn’t be more perfect but keep the contrast soft by using Slipper Satin as its complementary white. Perhaps even more dramatic, ‘Wine Dark’, named for the Homeric term for the sea, is inspired by midnight skies and creates deeply spiritual and intimate spaces. Lastly, comes a clean mid-green named ‘Beverly’ representing the kindness, generosity, and enduring friendship of its namesake.