Archive Papers vs Walnut Cake

Archive Papers and Walnut Cake are both Dulux warm creams. The gap between them is ΔE 3.2 — “very close”. Archive Papers is the lighter of the two, and Walnut Cake the warmer. Both cost about £14.40 per litre.

	Archive Papers	Walnut Cake
Hex	#CAC0B8	#C0B4AB
Lightness (L*)	78	74
Price / litre	£14.40	£14.40

Looking across brands instead? See Archive Papers’s cross-brand matches and cheaper alternatives, or Walnut Cake’s.