Subtle Fossil is a white from Dulux, hex #EDE6D8. Its light reflectance value is 79.6, so it reflects a lot of light and will brighten a darker room.
- HEX
- #EDE6D8
- RGB
- 237, 230, 216
- HSL
- 40°, 37%, 89%
- CMYK
- 0, 3, 9, 7
- LRV
- 79.6
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 Subtle Fossil are 51YY 83060 by Dulux Trade (excellent match), Tumbled Marble by Colourtrend (excellent match) and Ochre White by Dulux Heritage (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 Subtle Fossil
Dulux Trade has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Dulux Trade range to range.
Colourtrend equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Colourtrend has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Colourtrend range to range.
Dulux Heritage equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Dulux Heritage has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Dulux Heritage range to range.
Acres Hall equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Acres Hall has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Acres Hall range to range.
Johnstone's equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Johnstone's has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Johnstone's range to range.
Farrelly & Co equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Farrelly & Co has 4 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first, then 1 near miss. Compare Dulux and Farrelly & Co range to range.
Benjamin Moore equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Benjamin Moore has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Benjamin Moore range to range.
Crown equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Crown has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Crown range to range.
Fleetwood equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Fleetwood has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Fleetwood range to range.
Little Greene equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Little Greene has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Little Greene range to range.
Farrow & Ball equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Farrow & Ball has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Farrow & Ball range to range.
Lick equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Lick has 5 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first. Compare Dulux and Lick range to range.
Alchemist equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Alchemist has 1 equivalent to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first, then 4 near misses. Compare Dulux and Alchemist range to range.
Ronseal equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Ronseal has 2 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first, then 3 near misses. Compare Dulux and Ronseal range to range.
Curator equivalents to Dulux Subtle Fossil
Curator has 4 equivalents to Dulux's Subtle Fossil, closest first, then 1 near miss. Compare Dulux and Curator 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.
Wall colours
Colours that share this white's undertone, for the walls it will sit against.
Tints and shades
Lighter and darker versions of this same colour.
Where it sits in the Whites
Swatcher lays each family out as one long colour card, from the heart of the family outwards. These are the chips either side of Subtle Fossil on it, so some of them look quite different.
Subtle Fossil is the 1,205th of 1,844 whites Swatcher knows about.