Butter

With an LRV of about 64, Butter reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Butter in other brands

• Glazed Peach Glidden 00YY 62/255 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.3
• Hempel 25330 Hempel Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• TVT Q155 Tikkurila Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Sheer Apricot Behr M240-4 Light Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Onyx 140 Caparol 3D Onyx 140 Light Orange Very close ΔE 1.3
• Sundown Dunn-Edwards DE5268 Light Orange Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Tangerine Benjamin Moore 129 Light Orange
• Natural Benjamin Moore CSP-1065 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

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 25.1 and a value of 8.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Glidden color to Butter?

Glazed Peach (00YY 62/255), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Butter?

≈ 64. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.