Empire Gold

With an LRV of about 37, Empire Gold 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.

Empire Gold in other brands

• Silence Is Golden Hallman Lindsay 891 Orange Very close ΔE 0.6
• Welcome Home Glidden PPG1092-5 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Welcome Home PPG 1092-5 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Ground Cumin Behr UL180-24 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Silence is Golden Vista C-890 Orange Very close ΔE 1.0
• Gold Digger C2 Paint C2-858 Orange Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Restrained Gold Sherwin-Williams 6129 Orange
• Peristyle Brass Sherwin-Williams 43 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 Empire Gold warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 30.3 and a value of 6.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Hallman Lindsay color to Empire Gold?

Silence Is Golden (891), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Empire Gold?

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