Butternut

With an LRV of about 37, Butternut 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Butternut in other brands

• Butterscotch Kiss Berger Paints 2D0703 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Solid Gold Behr M280-6 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Liddell Dulux Australia S12F6 Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Flemish Gold Kelly-Moore KM552-D Orange Very close ΔE 0.9
• Bran Muffin Glidden PPG16-14 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1
• Bran Muffin PPG 16-14 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Anjou Pear Sherwin-Williams 6381 Orange
• Rookwood Amber Sherwin-Williams 2817 Orange

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 Butternut warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 39.8 and a value of 11.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Berger Paints color to Butternut?

Butterscotch Kiss (2D0703), at ΔE 0.9. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Butternut?

≈ 37. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.