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The Winning White: Antique White USA

My main criteria for the internal wall paint is that I don't want it to be too creamy / yellowish because my previous house was a creamy white and all my indoor photos needed to be white balanced properly with post processing. There are so many whites to choose from though and after a while most of the different shades of off white start to look the same. Lucky for me, Dulux has a most popular awards brochure

The most popular colour is Antique White USA ...
"It’s a perfect “ivory” – not pure white or cream, but somewhere in-between!"
Sounds perfect enough for me! After googling a bit about this special Antique White USA, it is indeed pretty popular. Apparently the 'architect tip' is to do normal Antique White USA for the walls, double or triple strength gloss for the doors and trimmings, and 1/4 strength for the ceilings. This is what I'll be following, except I will probably do normal Ceiling White so I don't have to go mixing it and hoping Bunnings gets the 1/4 strength right every time I need to touch up my ceilings.

In case, Dulux removes that pdf for whatever reason, the winning colours are:


  1. Antique White USA
  2. Whisper White
  3. Hog Bristle
  4. White Duck
  5. Toffee Fingers
The winning Feature Colours are:
  1. Red Box
  2. Ocean Turf
  3. Domain
  4. Red Terra

Update: Porter Davis only use Wattyl for interior paint! :( We have chosen Winter Mushroom
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