Dulux First Frost

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What are Dulux First Frost undertones?
Is First Frost cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on First Frost
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

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Name:	First Frost
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux First Frost?

Dulux First Frost is a very pale blue-green with a soft, cool cast and low saturation. Its light value keeps walls looking open and airy, while the green undertone prevents it from reading as a plain off-white. In daylight, this color can appear clean and lightly minted; under warmer bulbs, it shifts toward a gentler greyed aqua. Use it in bathrooms, bedrooms, or kitchens with crisp white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and stone surfaces. First Frost also makes a quiet backdrop for deeper charcoal, muted navy, or eucalyptus-green accents.

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What are Dulux First Frost undertones?

First Frost is a near-white, very muted cool off-white. The HEX sample has a subtle teal bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear teal. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.

HEX value:

#E3F0ED

RGB code:

227, 240, 237

Is Dulux First Frost cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 166°, this Green reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

First Frost HSL code: 166, 30%, 92%

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 First Frost

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 Green shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux First Frost:

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.

Darker shades

First Frost

Pistachio Whip

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 First Frost with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 346, such as Dulux Decadent Damson and Rose Bark.

First Frost

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#E3F0ED
RGB Decimal	227, 240, 237
RGB Percent	89.02%, 94.12%, 92.94%
HSV	Hue: 166° Saturation: 5.42% Value: 94.12%
HSL	hsl(166, 30, 92)
CMYK	Cyan: 5.42 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 1.25 Key: 5.88
YIQ	Y: 235.771 I: -6.783 Q: -3.684
XYZ	X: 78.121 Y: 84.765 Z: 92.343
CIE Lab	L:93.782 a:-4.838 b:-0.033
CIE Luv	L:93.782 u:-6.992 v:0.807
Decimal	14938349
Hunter Lab	92.068, -9.66, 4.98