Gold

With an LRV of about 57, Gold 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.

Gold in other brands

• Waffle Cone Dunn-Edwards DE5444 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9
• Curry 105 Caparol 3D Curry 105 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9
• Summer Field Behr 370D-5 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.2
• Swiftly Green Valspar 3008-5C Yellow Very close ΔE 1.3
• Tropical Siesta Glidden PPG1107-5 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.3
• Tropical Siesta PPG 1107-5 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Crowne Benjamin Moore 312 Light Yellow
• Gemstone Benjamin Moore 265 Yellow

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 Turns light orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Gold warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 41.7 and a value of 0.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dunn-Edwards color to Gold?

Waffle Cone (DE5444), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gold?

≈ 57. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.