Straw

With an LRV of about 73, Straw reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Straw in other brands

• TVT H307 Tikkurila Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.2
• Caribbean Sunrise Behr UL180-19 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.3
• Palest Glow Nippon Paint NP YO 1256P Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.5
• Silky Scarf Berger Paints 3P0055 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Ginster 115 Caparol 3D Ginster 115 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• B4721M Crown Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Good Benjamin Moore 296 Light Yellow
• Sweeney Benjamin Moore CW-370 Light Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light yellow
• Protanopia Reads as yellow
• Tritanopia Reads as pink
• 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 Straw warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 27.5 and a value of 2.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Tikkurila color to Straw?

TVT H307 (Tikkurila), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Straw?

≈ 73. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.