Yellow-Pink vs Butterfield
Where Yellow-Pink belongs to Little Greene's range, Butterfield is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Yellow-Pink belongs to the beige-pink family and Butterfield to the beige family. Butterfield (LRV 57) reflects noticeably more light than Yellow-Pink (LRV 42), a difference of 15 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Yellow-Pink runs red while Butterfield is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 11.6, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Yellow-Pink vs Butterfield in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Yellow-Pink and Butterfield in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The LRV gap is large enough that Butterfield will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Yellow-Pink would.
Color Details
Yellow-Pink vs Butterfield Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Yellow-Pink on one side and Butterfield on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Yellow-Pink comparisons
See how Yellow-Pink stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 42), opening up a space where Yellow-Pink encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 42, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 6, Yellow-Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Yellow-Pink reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (52 vs 42) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 42), opening up a space where Yellow-Pink encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 42, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 27, Yellow-Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 43 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Yellow-Pink reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 42, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 13, Yellow-Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 42), opening up a space where Yellow-Pink encloses it.
Yellow-Pink reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 42, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 42, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 42, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 42 vs 12, Yellow-Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 8, Yellow-Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 42, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 42 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 42 vs 12, Yellow-Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (45 vs 42) makes Saybrook Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
Yellow-Pink reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.