Chartreuse vs Fun Yellow
Chartreuse and Fun Yellow come from the same Sherwin-Williams collection. Both sit in the beige-yellow family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 14-point LRV gap — 78 for Fun Yellow vs 64 for Chartreuse — means Fun Yellow will open up a space more effectively. Both share a warm character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. ΔE 7.2 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 10 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chartreuse vs Fun Yellow in Real Spaces
10 real rooms side by side. Chartreuse and Fun 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.
Living Room
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Fun Yellow reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Chartreuse.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Fun Yellow returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Fun Yellow returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The LRV gap is large enough that Fun Yellow will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Chartreuse would.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Fun Yellow returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Home Office
Home office walls matter more than most — you're looking at them all day, and a color that reads fine at first can become tiring over time. Fun Yellow returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Mudroom
In a hardworking space like a mudroom, the depth and warmth of a color reads differently than in a quieter room. The LRV gap is large enough that Fun Yellow will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Chartreuse would.
Patio
Exterior colors look different in open light — both tend to read lighter outside than on an interior swatch, and shadows read more strongly. The LRV gap is large enough that Fun Yellow will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Chartreuse would.
House
A full exterior is the most demanding test for a paint color — scale and outdoor light both amplify differences that seem small on a swatch. Fun Yellow returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Front Door
On a front door, the color is both the first and last thing you see — a context where even a modest tonal difference reads clearly. Fun Yellow reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Chartreuse.
Color Details
Chartreuse vs Fun Yellow Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chartreuse on one side and Fun 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 Chartreuse comparisons
See how Chartreuse stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 64 vs 6, Chartreuse is decisively the brighter choice.
Chartreuse reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chartreuse reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 52, Chartreuse is decisively the brighter choice.
Chartreuse reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (64 vs 58) makes Chartreuse the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 27, Chartreuse is decisively the brighter choice.
Chartreuse reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Chartreuse reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (64 vs 55) makes Chartreuse the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 13, Chartreuse is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 44, Chartreuse is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 64), opening up a space where Chartreuse encloses it.
Chartreuse reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 64), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (74 vs 64) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 64, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Chartreuse is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (68 vs 64) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Chartreuse reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Calamine reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chartreuse reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Chartreuse is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 45, Chartreuse is decisively the brighter choice.
Chartreuse reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Chartreuse reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Chartreuse reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Chartreuse reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.