Dulux Ancient Artefact / Angora Blanket / 20YY 43/083

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What are Dulux Ancient Artefact undertones?
Is Ancient Artefact 20YY 43/083 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Ancient Artefact
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	20YY 43/083
Name:	Ancient Artefact
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Ancient Artefact?

Dulux Ancient Artefact 20YY 43/083 is a muted mid-tone beige with a noticeable grey cast and soft, earthy warmth. Its low-key colour depth keeps it from reading as creamy, giving walls a grounded, lightly weathered look instead. In bright daylight, this shade can appear like a pale putty or warm stone, while evening lighting may draw out its deeper taupe-grey side. It suits living rooms, halls, and bedrooms where a neutral backdrop needs more presence than off-white. Pair it with chalky whites, charcoal details, aged brass, natural oak, linen, and honed stone for a material-led interior.

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What are Dulux Ancient Artefact undertones?

Ancient Artefact is a mid-light, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.

HEX value:

#B6AB9D

RGB code:

182, 171, 157

Is Dulux Ancient Artefact cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 34°, this Greige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

20YY 43/083 Ancient Artefact HSL code: 34, 15%, 66%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Ancient Artefact

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Greige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Ancient Artefact:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

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Darker shades

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Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Ancient Artefact with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 214, such as Dulux Denim Drift and Steel Symphony 3.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#B6AB9D
RGB Decimal	182, 171, 157
RGB Percent	71.37%, 67.06%, 61.57%
HSV	Hue: 34° Saturation: 13.74% Value: 71.37%
HSL	hsl(34, 15, 66)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.04 Yellow: 13.74 Key: 28.63
YIQ	Y: 172.693 I: 11.054 Q: -2.03
XYZ	X: 39.939 Y: 41.506 Z: 37.797
CIE Lab	L:70.529 a:1.535 b:8.628
CIE Luv	L:70.529 u:7.385 v:12.009
Decimal	11971485
Hunter Lab	64.425, -2.086, 10.314