Shifting Sands is a pale neutral from Dulux, hex #DCD1C0. Its light reflectance value is 64.6, a mid-tone that holds its colour in most light.
- HEX
- #DCD1C0
- RGB
- 220, 209, 192
- HSL
- 36°, 29%, 81%
- CMYK
- 0, 5, 13, 14
- LRV
- 64.6
See it on the walls
A whole room in this colour, lit by daylight.
Try it by lamplight, from another angle, or with a different white on the trim, then share the link. It's a rendered room on a screen, so treat it as a guide and try a sample pot before you commit.
Or point your phone at your own wall and watch it change to this colour, on your device, with nothing uploaded.
Closest matches
The nearest paint from each other brand, closest first, or pick a brand for its closest few.
The closest matches to Shifting Sands are Shifting Sands by Dulux Trade (excellent match), Velum Smoke 0342 by Colourtrend (excellent match) and Divine White by Fleetwood (excellent match).
ΔE is the colour difference: under 1.5 is hard to tell apart, under 3.5 reads as the same colour, and past 6 is a different colour.
Dulux Trade equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Dulux Trade has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first. Compare Dulux and Dulux Trade range to range.
Colourtrend equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Colourtrend has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first. Compare Dulux and Colourtrend range to range.
Fleetwood equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Fleetwood has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first. Compare Dulux and Fleetwood range to range.
Farrow & Ball equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Farrow & Ball has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first. Compare Dulux and Farrow & Ball range to range.
Johnstone's equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Johnstone's has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first. Compare Dulux and Johnstone's range to range.
Crown equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Crown has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first. Compare Dulux and Crown range to range.
Benjamin Moore equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Benjamin Moore has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first. Compare Dulux and Benjamin Moore range to range.
Ronseal equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Ronseal has 4 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first, then 1 near miss. Compare Dulux and Ronseal range to range.
Lick equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Lick has 3 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Dulux and Lick range to range.
Little Greene equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Little Greene has 4 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first, then 1 near miss. Compare Dulux and Little Greene range to range.
Acres Hall equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Acres Hall has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first. Compare Dulux and Acres Hall range to range.
Dulux Heritage equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Dulux Heritage has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first. Compare Dulux and Dulux Heritage range to range.
Curator equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Curator has 2 equivalents to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first, then 3 near misses. Compare Dulux and Curator range to range.
Farrelly & Co equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Farrelly & Co has 1 equivalent to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first, then 4 near misses. Compare Dulux and Farrelly & Co range to range.
Alchemist equivalents to Dulux Shifting Sands
Alchemist has 1 equivalent to Dulux's Shifting Sands, closest first, then 4 near misses. Compare Dulux and Alchemist range to range.
Compare whole ranges
Dulux against another brand, a cross-section at a time.
Works well with
Real paints for each job in the room: the trim, the walls around it, deeper and paler versions, and an accent.
Whites for trim
Whites whose undertone agrees with this colour, for woodwork and ceilings.
Neutrals alongside
Quieter colours of the same temperature, for the other walls or the room next door.
Tints and shades
Lighter and darker versions of this same colour.
Where it sits in the Neutrals
Swatcher lays each family out as one long colour card, from the heart of the family outwards. These are the chips either side of Shifting Sands on it, so some of them look quite different.
Shifting Sands is the 556th of 1,140 neutrals Swatcher knows about.