Gold

With an LRV of about 19, Gold absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Gold in other brands

• Nectar Jewels 1 Dulux UK 1186964 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
• Caramel Sauce Asian Paints 9907 Brown Very close ΔE 2.0
• Grounded Johnstone's Brown Close ΔE 2.0
• Copper Time Berger Paints 2A2025 Brown Close ΔE 2.1
• Z4193E Crown Brown Close ΔE 2.3
• Wood .02 Colorhouse Wood-02 Brown Close ΔE 2.3

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Bronze Benjamin Moore 2166-30 Orange
• Tandoori Benjamin Moore CSP-1105 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as olive
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• Achromatopsia Reads as 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 44.3 and a value of 28.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux UK color to Gold?

Nectar Jewels 1 (1186964), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Gold?

≈ 19. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.