Butterscotch

With an LRV of about 25, Butterscotch absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Butterscotch in other brands

• Colonel Mustard Dulux Australia S14F9 Orange Very close ΔE 1.2
• Hempel 24082 Hempel Orange Very close ΔE 1.6
• TVT D105 Tikkurila Orange Very close ΔE 1.8
• Weissbier Kelly-Moore KM5275-5 Orange Very close ΔE 1.8
• Beeswax Candle Vista C-990 Orange Very close ΔE 1.8
• Burmese Gold Dunn-Edwards DE5300 Orange Very close ΔE 1.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Tassel Sherwin-Williams 6369 Orange
• Sconce Gold Sherwin-Williams 6398 Brown

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as yellow
• Protanopia Reads as olive
• Tritanopia Reads as red
• Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Butterscotch warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 43.4 and a value of 15.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Dulux Australia color to Butterscotch?

Colonel Mustard (S14F9), at ΔE 1.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Butterscotch?

≈ 25. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.