Morning Oats vs Pale Taupe

Morning Oats and Pale Taupe are both Dulux neutrals. The gap between them is ΔE 2.1 — “near-identical”. Pale Taupe is the lighter of the two, and Morning Oats the warmer. Both cost about £14.40 per litre.

	Morning Oats	Pale Taupe
Hex	#CECCC3	#D2CDC6
Lightness (L*)	82	83
Price / litre	£14.40	£14.40

Looking across brands instead? See Morning Oats’s cross-brand matches and cheaper alternatives, or Pale Taupe’s.