Butter

With an LRV of about 89, 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

• Cream White Crown B7870M Beige Very close ΔE 0.2
• Amberling Kelly-Moore OW253-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Whiskers Vista C-984 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Off White Dulux Australia SW1E7 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Creamy White Behr W-D-710 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
• Swan White Dunn-Edwards DEW346 White Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Maritime Benjamin Moore 963 Beige

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as beige
• Protanopia Reads as beige
• Tritanopia Reads as white
• Achromatopsia Reads as white

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Butter warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.5 and a value of -0.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Crown color to Butter?

Cream White (B7870M), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Butter?

≈ 89. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.