Dulux Zen Spirit

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

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Name:	Zen Spirit
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Zen Spirit?

Dulux Zen Spirit is a very pale off-white with a soft creamy yellow cast, giving it more warmth than a stark white. Its high lightness makes it well suited to walls and ceilings where a gentle, low-contrast backdrop is wanted. In bright daylight, Zen Spirit reads as a clean, lightly sunlit neutral; under warmer bulbs, its creamy side becomes more noticeable. Pair it with natural oak, linen, woven textures, and muted olive or clay accents to draw out its subtle warmth. It is especially effective in bedrooms, kitchens, and living areas that need brightness without the sharper look of pure white.

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What are Dulux Zen Spirit undertones?

Zen Spirit 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:

#F6F5DF

RGB code:

246, 245, 223

Is Dulux Zen Spirit cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 57°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

Zen Spirit HSL code: 57, 56%, 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 Zen Spirit

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 Zen Spirit:

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

Zen Spirit

Vanilla Wisp

Darker shades

Zen Spirit

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 Zen Spirit with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 237, such as Dulux Purple Polka 3 and Violet White.

Zen Spirit

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#F6F5DF
RGB Decimal	246, 245, 223
RGB Percent	96.47%, 96.08%, 87.45%
HSV	Hue: 57° Saturation: 9.35% Value: 96.47%
HSL	hsl(57, 56, 92)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.41 Yellow: 9.35 Key: 3.53
YIQ	Y: 242.791 I: 7.665 Q: -6.635
XYZ	X: 83.975 Y: 90.226 Z: 82.784
CIE Lab	L:96.09 a:-3.37 b:10.719
CIE Luv	L:96.09 u:1.778 v:16.712
Decimal	16184799
Hunter Lab	94.987, -8.422, 14.819