Gold

With an LRV of about 36, Gold 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.

Gold in other brands

• Dixie Resene Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Joyful Day Nippon Paint NP YO 2471A Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Passion Flower Asian Paints X107 Orange Very close ΔE 1.5
• Sienna Sunset Berger Paints 2A0712 Orange Very close ΔE 1.9
• Earth Glaze 3 Dulux UK 1186642 Orange Very close ΔE 1.9
• Hempel 20820 Hempel Orange Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Yellow Benjamin Moore 2155-30 Orange
• Pumpkin Benjamin Moore 2156-20 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 Gold warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 64.7 and a value of 19.5 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Resene color to Gold?

Dixie (Resene), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gold?

≈ 36. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.