Dulux New Meringue 68YY 86/042

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Dulux New Meringue reviews (4 photos)
What are Dulux New Meringue undertones?
Is New Meringue 68YY 86/042 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on New Meringue
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	68YY 86/042
Name:	New Meringue
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux New Meringue?

Dulux New Meringue 68YY 86/042 is a pale, softly warm off-white with a muted creamy-yellow cast. Its high lightness keeps walls looking open and bright, while the restrained saturation prevents it from reading as a strong cream. In daylight, this shade can appear lightly chalky and neutral-warm; under warm evening bulbs, its buttery undertone becomes more noticeable. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and ceilings where a gentler alternative to crisp white is wanted. Pair New Meringue with natural oak, linen, brushed brass, warm stone, or deeper olive and clay accents for contrast.

Dulux New Meringue reviews (4 photos)

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What are Dulux New Meringue undertones?

New Meringue is a near-white, very muted cream. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. 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:

#F0ECDF

RGB code:

240, 236, 223

Is Dulux New Meringue cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 46°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

68YY 86/042 New Meringue HSL code: 46, 36%, 91%

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 New Meringue

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

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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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux New Meringue:

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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New Meringue

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 New Meringue with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 226, such as Dulux Moon Waves 6 and Fragrant Cloud 5.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#F0ECDF
RGB Decimal	240, 236, 223
RGB Percent	94.12%, 92.55%, 87.45%
HSV	Hue: 46° Saturation: 7.08% Value: 94.12%
HSL	hsl(46, 36, 91)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.67 Yellow: 7.08 Key: 5.88
YIQ	Y: 235.714 I: 6.561 Q: -3.199
XYZ	X: 79.247 Y: 83.844 Z: 81.801
CIE Lab	L:93.383 a:-0.878 b:6.776
CIE Luv	L:93.383 u:3.026 v:10.391
Decimal	15789279
Hunter Lab	91.567, -5.757, 11.13