Heart Wood
There is more to Dulux Heart Wood (10YR 28/072) than the swatch alone: its depth, undertones and setting all shape the final impression. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#9b8987LRV
28.00
Heart Wood in Rooms
Follow Heart Wood from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 11 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
11 Misc Photos
In an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula, the most interesting quality of Heart Wood (10YR 28/072) may be the way it responds to a changing mix of architectural details and personal finishes. The grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
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Complementary Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 28 vs 27), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (35 vs 28) makes Steel Symphony 3 the marginally brighter of the two.
Snail Trail reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 28), opening up a space where Heart Wood encloses it.