Butter Up vs Glad Yellow
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Hue-wise, Butter Up belongs to the beige family and Glad Yellow to the beige-yellow family. Glad Yellow (LRV 76) reflects noticeably more light than Butter Up (LRV 74), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Butter Up vs Glad Yellow in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Butter Up and Glad Yellow are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Butter Up vs Glad Yellow Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Butter Up on one side and Glad Yellow 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 Butter Up comparisons
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At LRV 74 vs 58, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 27, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Up reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 44, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (74 vs 66) makes Butter Up the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Butter Up the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 45, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
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Butter Up reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.