Golden Delicious
Golden Delicious is a Green paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. It appears in Benjamin Moore Classics® Color Collection, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#D9CD7ALRV
56.34
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 80 vs 56, Floral White is decisively the brighter choice.
Golden Delicious reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 11), opening up a space where Dark Pewter encloses it.
Meadow Mist reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 56), opening up a space where Golden Delicious encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 38, Golden Delicious is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Mulholland Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Treasure Trove reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 59 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 59 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 56 vs 26, Golden Delicious is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 16, Golden Delicious is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 37, Golden Delicious is decisively the brighter choice.
Golden Delicious reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 29), opening up a space where Violet Stone encloses it.
Polar White reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 56), opening up a space where Golden Delicious encloses it.
Whisper Violet reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 56), opening up a space where Golden Delicious encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 25, Golden Delicious is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
A 12-point LRV gap (68 vs 56) makes Beacon Hill Damask the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Hampton Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 67 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sweet Pear reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Yellow Clover reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (56 vs 47) makes Golden Delicious the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (56 vs 48) makes Golden Delicious the marginally brighter of the two.
Golden Delicious reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
An easygoing yellow sweetened with a hint of green.