Yellow

With an LRV of about 84, Yellow 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.

Yellow in other brands

• Sonrisa Berger Paints 3T0788 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Baby Chick Dunn-Edwards DE5311 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Curry 150 Caparol 3D Curry 150 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
• Vis Vis Resene Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.7
• Old Yella Dulux Australia S17H3 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9
• Vol Limoen Flexa Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Laguna Benjamin Moore 291 Yellow

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Yellow warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 40.0 and a value of -4.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Yellow?

Sonrisa (3T0788), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 84. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.