Yellow

With an LRV of about 81, 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

• Cream Pannacotta Nerolac 4515 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.5
• Chic Yellow Glidden 60YY 80/288 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.6
• Clear Yellow Nippon Paint NP YO 1118P Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.7
• Daisy Spell Valspar 3007-4B Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.7
• Spring Yellow Pratt & Lambert 15-5 Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9
• TVT G302 Tikkurila Light Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Provence Benjamin Moore 2021-60 Light Yellow
• Yellow Benjamin Moore 375 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 29.7 and a value of -4.6 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nerolac color to Yellow?

Cream Pannacotta (4515), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Yellow?

≈ 81. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.