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| Name: | Black |
| Brand: | Dulux |
Let's dive into a full Black paint color review. Take a look at pictures of real interiors and exteriors painted with beautiful Black. Find out if this gorgeous warm grey paint color would look great on your living room walls or trims, kitchen cabinet, bedroom accent wall, bathroom or house exterior.
Black has 0% saturation, so it’s a true neutral (gray). Neutrals don’t have a clear hue-based undertone, because there’s no hue to extract.
HEX value:
#2D2D2D
RGB code:
45, 45, 45
With a hue of 0°, this black shade sits right in the neutral zone on the HSL color wheel—neither warm nor cool.
Black HSL code: 0, 0%, 18%
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.
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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 (Kelvins).
Use the slider to see how this black shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
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.
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 Black with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 180, such as Dulux Crushed Mint and Misty Morning.
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| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #2D2D2D |  |
| RGB Decimal | 45, 45, 45 | |
| RGB Percent | 17.65%, 17.65%, 17.65% | |
| HSV | Hue: 0° Saturation: 0.0% Value: 17.65% | |
| HSL | hsl(0, 0, 18) | |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 82.35 | |
| YIQ | Y: 45.0 I: -0.0 Q: -0.0 | |
| XYZ | X: 2.494 Y: 2.624 Z: 2.857 | |
| CIE Lab | L:18.471 a:-0.001 b:0.001 | |
| CIE Luv | L:18.471 u:-0.0 v:0.001 | |
| Decimal | 2960685 | |
| Hunter Lab | 16.199, -0.866, 0.882 | |
