Butter

With an LRV of about 91, Butter reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Butter in other brands

• Lemon Chiffon Pie Dunn-Edwards DE5387 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
• Sunshiny Vista K-469 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.8
• Lemon Spirit Dulux UK 1915083 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 1.0
• Banana Custard Hallman Lindsay 826 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 1.2
• Natural Light Behr P310-2 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 1.3
• August Moon Glidden 66YY 85/231 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Luminaire Benjamin Moore 374 Light Yellow

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light yellow
• Protanopia Reads as light yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as white
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Butter warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 24.5 and a value of -5.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Butter?

Lemon Chiffon Pie (DE5387), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Butter?

≈ 91. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.