Buttermilk

With an LRV of about 83, Buttermilk 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.

Buttermilk in other brands

• Apple Sauce Vista C-865 Beige Very close ΔE 0.2
• Crisp Candlelight PPG 1210-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.3
• Apple Sauce Hallman Lindsay 866 Beige Very close ΔE 0.3
• Crisp Candlelight Glidden PPG1210-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.3
• Margarine Asian Paints 7843 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
• Wonder Years Nippon Paint NP YO 2474P Beige Very close ΔE 0.4

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Yellow Benjamin Moore 2020-70 Beige
• Hidden Benjamin Moore CSP-1030 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 Turns light yellow
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Buttermilk warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.7 and a value of -1.2 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Buttermilk?

Apple Sauce (C-865), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Buttermilk?

≈ 83. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.