Orange

With an LRV of about 56, Orange reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Orange in other brands

• Bad Hair Day Kelly-Moore KM5294-3 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Gold Buff Behr 310D-4 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Tuscan Treasure 4 Dulux UK 1187248 Light Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Polenta Dulux Australia S12G4 Light Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Light Caramel Nippon Paint NP YO 2483T Light Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Bee's Wax Sherwin-Williams 7682 Light Orange Very close ΔE 1.2

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Honey Benjamin Moore 144 Light Orange
• Tavern Benjamin Moore CW-375 Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Orange warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 37.2 and a value of 9.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Orange?

Bad Hair Day (KM5294-3), at ΔE 0.7. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Orange?

≈ 56. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.