Bleached Lichen 3 vs Sandy Steps

Bleached Lichen 3 and Sandy Steps are both Dulux warm creams. The gap between them is ΔE 0.6 — “identical”. Bleached Lichen 3 is the lighter of the two, and Sandy Steps the warmer. Both cost about £14.40 per litre.

	Bleached Lichen 3	Sandy Steps
Hex	#DDD3C2	#DCD1C0
Lightness (L*)	85	84
Price / litre	£14.40	£14.40

Looking across brands instead? See Bleached Lichen 3’s cross-brand matches and cheaper alternatives, or Sandy Steps’s.