Goldfinch

With an LRV of about 55, Goldfinch 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.

Goldfinch in other brands

• Golden Benjamin Moore 2019-20 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.4
• Hempel 2Y212 Hempel Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.4
• Bright'n Shiny Vista K-1208 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.5
• Mango Asian Paints 7909 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.5
• Yellow Summer Dunn-Edwards DEA118 Orange Very close ΔE 0.7
• Happy Yipee Kelly-Moore KMA10-5 Light Orange Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Forsythia Sherwin-Williams 6907 Light Orange
• Citronella Sherwin-Williams 6915 Yellow

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 Turns orange
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Goldfinch warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 81.3 and a value of 13.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Benjamin Moore color to Goldfinch?

Golden (2019-20), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Goldfinch?

≈ 55. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.