Pale Moss

With an LRV of about 58, Pale Moss 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.

Pale Moss in other brands

• Follow the Leader Vista C-882 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.3
• B7581H Crown Yellow Very close ΔE 0.8
• Follow The Leader Hallman Lindsay 883 Yellow Very close ΔE 0.9
• Hay Farrow & Ball 37 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.0
• Attica Nippon Paint NP BGG 1699P Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1
• Straw Basket Behr UL160-6 Yellow Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

• Banana Cream Sherwin-Williams 6673 Light Yellow
• Wheat Grass Sherwin-Williams 6408 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 light orange
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Pale Moss warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 26.8 and a value of 0.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Pale Moss?

Follow the Leader (C-882), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Pale Moss?

≈ 58. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.