Dulux Paper Chain 10YY 72/021

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What are Dulux Paper Chain undertones?
Is Paper Chain 10YY 72/021 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Paper Chain
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	10YY 72/021
Name:	Paper Chain
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Paper Chain?

Dulux Paper Chain 10YY 72/021 is a light, softly muted off-white with a gentle warm-grey cast. Its low saturation keeps it from reading creamy or distinctly beige, while the #DFDAD5 value gives it enough warmth to avoid a stark, cool-white appearance. In bright daylight, Paper Chain can look clean and pale; under warmer evening bulbs, its subtle beige-grey character is likely to become more apparent. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and whole-wall schemes where a quiet neutral backdrop is wanted. Pair it with natural oak, linen, brushed brass, charcoal accents, or deeper taupe textiles for definition.

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What are Dulux Paper Chain undertones?

Paper Chain is a light, near-neutral light gray. 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:

#DFDAD5

RGB code:

223, 218, 213

Is Dulux Paper Chain cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 30°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

10YY 72/021 Paper Chain HSL code: 30, 14%, 85%

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 Paper Chain

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 Paper Chain:

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 Paper Chain with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 210, such as Dulux Denim Drift and Steel Symphony 3.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#DFDAD5
RGB Decimal	223, 218, 213
RGB Percent	87.45%, 85.49%, 83.53%
HSV	Hue: 30° Saturation: 4.48% Value: 87.45%
HSL	hsl(30, 14, 85)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.24 Yellow: 4.48 Key: 12.55
YIQ	Y: 218.925 I: 4.586 Q: -0.498
XYZ	X: 67.51 Y: 70.635 Z: 73.01
CIE Lab	L:87.307 a:0.825 b:3.063
CIE Luv	L:87.307 u:3.15 v:4.472
Decimal	14670549
Hunter Lab	84.045, -3.695, 7.326