Dulux Soft Truffle 80YR 42/073 paint color review
| Color code: | 80YR 42/073 |
| Color name: | Soft Truffle |
| Brand: | Dulux |
What color is Dulux Soft Truffle?
Dulux Soft Truffle is a warm and inviting shade of brown with soft beige undertones. This versatile color works well in a variety of interior styles, from traditional to modern. Dulux Soft Truffle creates a cozy and inviting atmosphere in any room, making it ideal for use in living rooms, bedrooms, and other spaces where you want to create a warm and comfortable environment. With its soft and inviting hue, Dulux Soft Truffle is the perfect color for adding a touch of warmth and comfort to your home.
What is the Dulux code for Soft Truffle?
Dulux color naming and coding sometimes can be very complicated. The code for Dulux Soft Truffle is 80YR 42/073. In some countries alternative color name is Dulux Velvet Truffle 4
Soft Truffle for bedroom
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LRV of Soft Truffle
Soft Truffle 80YR 42/073 has an LRV of 42% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher LRV of paint color, the brighter room you will get.
Scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting 100% of all light).
Act like a pro: Choosing paint with LRV of 42.00% be attentive to your bulbs light Brightness.Light Brightness – measured in lumens. The lower LRV of paint you have, the higher lumen level you need. Every square feet of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 square feet living room you’ll need 8000 lumens of light. To achieve that brightness, you would require a total of 8 bulbs, 1000lm each.
What are Dulux Soft Truffle undertones?
Red is Dulux Soft Truffle undertone color, as you can clearly see on the color field below. To determine this undertone we’ve removed all the tints, tones, shades and get HUE (pure color). Seems that undertone definition on a white sheet is already outdated and rather inaccurate
HEX value
HEX value:
#B9A99F
RGB code:
185, 169, 159
Is Dulux Soft Truffle 80YR 42/073 cool or warm?
With a hue of 23° this Beige refers warm paint shade according to HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) on the color wheel.
80YR 42/073 Soft Truffle HSL code: 23, 16%, 67%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is a percentage value. 0% is a shade of grey, and 100% is the full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
- Warm Beige will make even large rooms feel cozy and intimate
- Warm Pink undertones tend to make you feel happy, energized and playful
- Warm paint colors are ideal for kitchens, living rooms or bathrooms
- Warmer hues make larger spaces feel more inviting
Act like a pro: Mixing warm and cool shades is a must have to get harmonius interior. Add accents that contrast with the primary color to create visual balance. If your walls are a warm color, don’t forget to add accent in cold colors (furniture, art, décor). A good practice is too use a complementary color scheme.
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Soft Truffle:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of different shades, tints, and tones of a single color. It's the perfect hue combination, but with no accent decor it's pretty boring.
Lighter shades
Dulux 80YR 42/073 Soft Truffle
Darker shades
Dulux 80YR 42/073 Soft Truffle
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect.
Color comparison
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Color codes
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| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #B9A99F |  |
| RGB Decimal | 185, 169, 159 | |
| RGB Percent | 72.55%, 66.27%, 62.35% | |
| HSV | Hue: 23° Saturation: 14.05% Value: 72.55% | |
| HSL | hsl(23, 16, 67) | |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.65 Yellow: 14.05 Key: 27.45 | |
| YIQ | Y: 172.644 I: 12.748 Q: 0.273 | |
| XYZ | X: 40.453 Y: 41.194 Z: 38.612 | |
| CIE Lab | L:70.312 a:4.069 b:7.25 | |
| CIE Luv | L:70.312 u:10.204 v:9.636 | |
| Decimal | 12167583 | |
| Hunter lab | 64.183, 0.184, 9.26 | |
