Buttercup

With an LRV of about 41, Buttercup is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Buttercup in other brands

• Angel Food Cake Vista C-912 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• TVT S397 Tikkurila Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Plantain Chips Behr M290-6 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Angel Food Cake Hallman Lindsay 913 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Tucson Gold MyPerfectColor MP46258SP Orange Very close ΔE 1.3
• Yellow River Jotun 1158 Orange Very close ΔE 1.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Pan Benjamin Moore 181 Orange
• Yellow Benjamin Moore 2154-10 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• 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 Buttercup warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 51.0 and a value of 10.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Buttercup?

Angel Food Cake (C-912), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Buttercup?

≈ 41. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.