Muted Gold vs Sandy Shallows

Muted Gold and Sandy Shallows are both Dulux warm creams. The gap between them is ΔE 2.8 — “near-identical”. Sandy Shallows is the lighter of the two, and Muted Gold the warmer. Both cost about £14.40 per litre.

	Muted Gold	Sandy Shallows
Hex	#BA9A74	#BBA17B
Lightness (L*)	66	68
Price / litre	£14.40	£14.40

Looking across brands instead? See Muted Gold’s cross-brand matches and cheaper alternatives, or Sandy Shallows’s.