Olive

With an LRV of about 34, Olive 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.

Olive in other brands

• Woolen Vest Johnstone's Yellow Very close ΔE 0.8
• Calming Meadow Dulux UK 2440852 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.8
• C4351C Crown Beige Very close ΔE 1.0
• Dried Rosemary Behr S350-4A Yellow Very close ΔE 1.2
• Cloister Nerolac 2845 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5
• Portland Stone - Dark Little Greene Beige Very close ΔE 1.5

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Baby Benjamin Moore 515 Yellow
• Alligator Benjamin Moore 2143-20 Yellow

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 Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Olive warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 19.5 and a value of -2.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Olive?

Woolen Vest (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.8. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Olive?

≈ 34. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.