Dulux Popping Pink

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

Code:
Name:	Popping Pink
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Popping Pink?

Dulux Popping Pink is a muted mid-tone pink with a noticeable mauve cast, sitting between rosy pink and soft purple. Its reduced saturation keeps it from reading sugary or overly bright, while the blue-violet influence gives the color a gently cool edge. In daylight, it can appear like a dusty rose-pink; under warmer bulbs, its rosy side is likely to come forward more clearly. Use Popping Pink on a bedroom wall, a painted dresser, or inside shelving where its soft depth can be appreciated up close. Pair it with chalky white, warm grey, deep plum, or natural oak, and add brushed brass or black accents for contrast.

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What are Dulux Popping Pink undertones?

Popping Pink is a mid-light, soft dusty pink. The HEX sample leans pink; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm light may make it look rosier, while cool daylight can make it feel more muted and gray.

HEX value:

#C98EBD

RGB code:

201, 142, 189

Is Dulux Popping Pink cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 312°, this Purple reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

Popping Pink HSL code: 312, 35%, 67%

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 Popping Pink

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

Sunrise

Morning

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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 Purple shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Popping Pink:

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

Popping Pink

86RB 47/274
Orchid Opera 2

Darker shades

Popping Pink

93RB 27/376
Orchid Opera 1

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 Popping Pink with a purple hue, complementary colors are those with a yellow hue close to 132, such as Dulux Soft Fauna 6 and Dewy Lawn.

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