Little Greene Paint Company

Little Greene’ was the name of a tiny 18th century hamlet just to the east of Manchester, which can be seen on ancient maps of the area (including the one on all our paint tins).

The Little Greene Paint Company was established very close to this original site and has seamlessly adopted Joshua Rowlands’ business of formulating colour, and the philosophy of doing so without compromise.

Our new headquarters are located a little further down the road, standing proudly in the heart of an area with a rich and envied manufacturing pedigree.

The fundamental principles of formulating and making paints have not changed much since the era of The Little Greene Dye Works.

We still manufacture on a scale that’s small enough to measure ingredients in kilograms not tonnes and much of the process is undertaken by the hands of time-served craftspeople rather than automated machines - right down to our sample pots, which are filled by hand from a glass jug.

Our premium quality recipes and highly pigmented formulations mean that our paints have excellent opacity and unrivalled coverage - making them practical, beautiful and very economical too.