Butter

With an LRV of about 59, 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

• Knit Cardigan Vista C-328 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.4
• Knit Cardigan Hallman Lindsay 329 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
• Soft Bronze Glow Glidden 50YY 55/171 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Lovely Linen Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Sanctuary PPG 1026-2 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.0
• Light Aspiration Dunn-Edwards DE6185 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Consentino Benjamin Moore 247 Light Yellow
• Baffin Benjamin Moore 243 Beige

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 Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Butter warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 18.6 and a value of -0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Butter?

Knit Cardigan (C-328), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Butter?

≈ 59. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.