Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106

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Brave Ground for bedroom (8 photos)
Brave Ground for living room (12 photos)
Dulux Brave Ground for bathroom (4 photos)
Dulux Brave Ground reviews (13 photos)
What are Dulux Brave Ground undertones?
Is Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Brave Ground
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Brave Ground 10YY 30/106
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	10YY 30/106
Name:	Brave Ground
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Brave Ground?

Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 is a muted mid-tone brown with a soft beige cast and a gently earthy appearance. Its low-key saturation keeps it from reading too orange or too grey, giving walls a grounded, natural finish. In bright daylight, this color can appear lighter and more taupe-beige, while lower light brings out its deeper brown character. Brave Ground suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and dining spaces where a darker neutral is wanted without the weight of charcoal. Pair it with warm off-whites, clay tones, faded olive greens, pale oak, linen, and blackened metal for a layered interior scheme.

Brave Ground for bedroom (8 photos)

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm dark paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 bedroom with black panelling

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Brave Ground for living room (12 photos)

Check out this stunning dark color used in real living rooms. Explore how this beige shade can create a unique space

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Dulux Brave Ground living room inspiration

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Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 living room

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Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 living room fireplace

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Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 edwardian living room

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Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 accent wall panelling

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Dulux 10YY 30/106 for bathroom (4 photos)

Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm dark beige real bathrooms.

Dulux Brave Ground bathroom paint review

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Dulux Brave Ground reviews (13 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 wall paint

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Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 kitchen interior

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Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 work place

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Dulux Brave Ground 10YY 30/106 home office

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What are Dulux Brave Ground undertones?

Brave Ground is a midtone, 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:

#9D8E7E

RGB code:

157, 142, 126

Is Dulux Brave Ground cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 31°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

10YY 30/106 Brave Ground HSL code: 31, 14%, 55%

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 Brave Ground

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

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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 brown shade looks under different lighting:

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7000K

Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Brave Ground:

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 Brave Ground with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 211, such as Dulux Denim Drift and Steel Symphony 3.

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LRV of Brave Ground

Brave Ground has an LRV of 28.35% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 28.35%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#9d8e7e
RGB Decimal	157, 142, 126
RGB Percent	61.57%, 55.69%, 49.41%
HSV	Hue: 31° Saturation: 19.75% Value: 61.57%
HSL	hsl(31, 14, 55)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 9.55 Yellow: 19.75 Key: 38.43
YIQ	Y: 144.661 I: 14.08 Q: -1.806
XYZ	X: 27.343 Y: 28.021 Z: 23.701
CIE Lab	L:59.908 a:2.882 b:10.566
CIE Luv	L:59.908 u:10.119 v:13.863
Decimal	10325630
Hunter Lab	52.935, -0.433, 10.508