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I did... and the reply was "absolutely not Farrow & Ball, it's terrible... but if you have a colour you want from their range or Little Green, or anywhere else then we can colour match. Our recommendation is a specific Dulux Trade mix or a Johnsons depending on which surface and the amount of brushing against it or knocks it will take, but don't worry you're not limited to colours from them".
I'm happy with the Dulux Sage Green and Grey Steel 4 for the kitchen... despite first getting every other paint swatch you can imagine... so I just looked through their colours for the others.
Velocio-
It’s funny, the last 2 decorators I have used have both objected to us wanting F&B. Though both on the basis of it being a pig to paint with. The last guy we had in to paint the kitchen and hall, advised that we use Johnson’s and he’d paint match, the downside being we would not get the chalky finish of F&B and it was only £80 cheaper. £1480 vs £1400 for the hallway...we stuck to F&B, the whole ground floor is painted in F&B and we’ve not had any issues in regards to durability.
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Weirdly our decorator loves F&B. Only the modern emulsion though.
I reckon a lot of decorators got stung by the estate emulsion and eggshell, which is a total ballache.
Johnston's durable Matt and acrylic eggshell has great colour match and was a dream to paint with when I did our bedroom last week.
Cornish_Bike
Bainbridge
For the hallway I'd try to find a paint more durable than Dulux. Ask you painter what the most durable brand is he works with then try and go with that.