Olive

With an LRV of about 37, 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

• Scent of Semillon Pratt & Lambert 16-25 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1
• Wasabi Pea Asian Paints 9838 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5
• Pickled Dulux Australia S17F7 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5
• Moss Stone Dunn-Edwards DE5481 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.5
• Primrose Brush Berger Paints 4A2104 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.9
• The Goods Hallman Lindsay 794 Yellow Very close ΔE 2.0

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Sweet Benjamin Moore 391 Yellow
• Forest Benjamin Moore 2146-20 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 Close to listed
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Olive warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 47.1 and a value of -8.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Pratt & Lambert color to Olive?

Scent of Semillon (16-25), at ΔE 1.1. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Olive?

≈ 37. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.