Olive

With an LRV of about 27, Olive 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.

Olive in other brands

• Ripe Kiwi Nippon Paint NP BGG 2598A Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Rompin Jotun 8064 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.7
• Spring Fancy Vista K-416 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.7
• TVT L386 Tikkurila Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9
• Kashmir Green Pratt & Lambert 16-16 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.7
• Ancient Maze Dulux Australia S18E7 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.8

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Jalapeño Benjamin Moore 2147-30 Yellow
• Perfectly Benjamin Moore CSP-895 Olive

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as orange
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns olive
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Olive warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 39.7 and a value of -9.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Olive?

Ripe Kiwi (NP BGG 2598A), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Olive?

≈ 27. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.