Classical Yellow

With an LRV of about 69, Classical Yellow reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Classical Yellow in other brands

• Wishing Well Nippon Paint NP YO 1160P Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.2
• Jonquil Trail Vista C-924 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Sun Splashed Hallman Lindsay 932 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Cold Stone Cream MyPerfectColor MP1451 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Starlight Nerolac Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Ginster 105 Caparol 3D Ginster 105 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Fun Yellow Sherwin-Williams 6908 Light Yellow
• Bee's Wax Sherwin-Williams 7682 Light Orange

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as 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 Classical Yellow warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 37.3 and a value of 3.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to Classical Yellow?

Wishing Well (NP YO 1160P), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Classical Yellow?

≈ 69. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.