Little Greene Wood Ash 229

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Little Greene 229 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
Little Greene Wood Ash reviews (5 photos)
What are Little Greene Wood Ash undertones?
Is Wood Ash 229 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Wood Ash
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Wood Ash 229
Code:	229
Name:	Wood Ash
Brand:	Little Greene
Collections:	Colours of England, Grey

What color is Little Greene Wood Ash?

Little Greene Wood Ash 229 is a very pale off-white with a soft beige cast that keeps it from reading stark or clinical. Its light value makes rooms feel open, while the muted warmth gives white-painted trim, plaster, and natural wood a gentler contrast. In bright daylight, Wood Ash appears close to a creamy white; in lower or north-facing light, its subtle grey-beige depth becomes more noticeable. It is well suited to living room, bedroom, and hallway walls where a quiet backdrop is wanted without the sharpness of pure white. Pair it with oak, linen, warm stone, aged brass, and deeper earthy accents for a grounded finish.

Little Greene 229 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)

Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm grey hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.

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Little Greene Wood Ash reviews (5 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this grey that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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What are Little Greene Wood Ash undertones?

Wood Ash is a near-white, very muted creamy off-white. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:

#EEEAE1

RGB code:

238, 234, 225

Is Little Greene Wood Ash cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 42°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

229 Wood Ash HSL code: 42, 28%, 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 Wood Ash

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Little Greene Wood Ash:

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

229
Wood Ash

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 Wood Ash with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 222, such as Little Greene Juniper Ash and James.

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Wood Ash

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#eeeae1
RGB Decimal	238, 234, 225
RGB Percent	93.33%, 91.76%, 88.24%
HSV	Hue: 42° Saturation: 5.46% Value: 93.33%
HSL	hsl(42, 28, 91)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.68 Yellow: 5.46 Key: 6.67
YIQ	Y: 234.17 I: 5.276 Q: -1.955
XYZ	X: 78.27 Y: 82.459 Z: 83.007
CIE Lab	L:92.777 a:-0.209 b:4.843
CIE Luv	L:92.777 u:2.794 v:7.381
Decimal	15657697
Hunter Lab	90.807, -5.056, 9.368