About Papers and Paints

• Founded in 1960;
• Determinedly old-fashioned in outlook, but employing the latest technology;
• Have made a reputation for supplying the widest range of paint colours;
• Friendly and informed staff able to provide sound advice;
• Considerable experience in colour matching and specialist colour work;
• Specialists in the use of paint and colour in historical buildings.

For the last twenty-five years, Patrick Baty has tried to build on the reputation and skills of his father, Robert, who founded the company in 1960.  Whilst retaining the original concept of the shop, he has developed the process of colour matching, and has computerised the archive of specially matched colours that he inherited.  The introduction of a spectrophotometer has enabled Papers and Paints to become leaders in the field of domestic paint colour.

Following on from his earlier academic work, Patrick Baty has developed a consultancy specialising in the use of paint and colour in historical buildings - the focus being largely on those of the period 1650-1850, although much work has been carried out on those of more recent date.

Papers and Paints have been employed by a number of paint companies as consultants in the development of new colour ranges. The Dulux Heritage range produced by ICI (Dulux) and the recent "Colours of England 1700-1950" range in conjunction with English Heritage and The Little Greene being two examples.

We have also produced colours for Ressource in France, who have a licence to use several of our paint ranges.

In 2007 we were honoured to be granted a Royal Warrant of Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen.

A short presentation showing a number of the services that we offer can be seen by downloading the following document: Some of the Work that we Carry Out (PDF Format, 8.74Mb).

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Papers and Paints Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 665143

Registered Office: 4 Park Walk, London SW10 0AD, United Kingdom
Telephone (+44) 020-7352-8626
Fax (+44) 020-7352-1017
Email enquiries@papers-paints.co.uk
VAT Reg. No. GB 239 1874 37