Dulux Magic White

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

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Name:	Magic White
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Magic White?

Dulux Magic White is a very pale off-white with a soft yellow-beige cast that keeps it from reading as stark or bluish. Its high lightness makes it useful for opening up smaller rooms, hallways, and ceilings without the clinical look of a pure white. In daylight, Magic White appears clean and lightly warmed; under warm evening bulbs, its creamy note becomes more noticeable. Pair it with natural oak, pale limestone, linen upholstery, and muted clay or olive accents for a grounded interior scheme. It is especially well suited to full-wall use where a gentle, low-contrast backdrop is wanted.

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What are Dulux Magic White undertones?

Magic White is a near-white, near-neutral neutral off-white. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#EEEEE7

RGB code:

238, 238, 231

Is Dulux Magic White cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 60°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

Magic White HSL code: 60, 17%, 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 Magic White

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Magic White:

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

Magic White

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 Magic White with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 240, such as Dulux Fragrant Cloud 5 and Lilac Heather 5.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#EEEEE7
RGB Decimal	238, 238, 231
RGB Percent	93.33%, 93.33%, 90.59%
HSV	Hue: 60° Saturation: 2.94% Value: 93.33%
HSL	hsl(60, 17, 92)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 2.94 Key: 6.67
YIQ	Y: 237.202 I: 2.249 Q: -2.178
XYZ	X: 80.255 Y: 85.096 Z: 87.777
CIE Lab	L:93.924 a:-1.226 b:3.386
CIE Luv	L:93.924 u:0.388 v:5.387
Decimal	15658727
Hunter Lab	92.247, -6.139, 8.157