Dulux • 42BB 09/032

Basically Black

Name: Dulux Basically Black 42BB 09/032
Brand: Dulux

Dulux's Basically Black is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 9 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Because screens flatten both light and texture, sample the paint beside the finishes that will ultimately surround it.

Hex

#494D52

LRV

9.00

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Light Reflectance Value

9.00

Dark

TemperatureNeutral

Basically Black in Rooms

Follow Basically Black from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 19 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.

2 Front Door Photos

2 front door images place Basically Black (42BB 09/032) in a small architectural moment with an outsized first impression. With an LRV of 9, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.

Dulux Basically Black front door color review

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3 House Photos

The façade’s movement through sun, shade and season can draw different notes from Basically Black (42BB 09/032). The blue, grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.

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Dulux Basically Black house exterior paint

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Dulux Basically Black house exterior

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5 Living Room Photos

Basically Black (42BB 09/032) moves through 5 living room images without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.

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6 Misc Photos

The 6 misc images turn a blue swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.

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2 Bedroom Photos

Basically Black (42BB 09/032) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood. Test it under gentle morning light and low evening lamps.

Dulux Basically Black bedroom color review

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1 Bathroom Photo

Viewed across 1 bathroom image in a compact setting where tile, fixtures and color sit close together, Basically Black (42BB 09/032) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 9, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.