Fun Yellow vs Glisten Yellow
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Both sit in the beige-yellow family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (78 vs 79), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. 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 10 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Fun Yellow vs Glisten Yellow in Real Spaces
10 real rooms side by side. Seeing Fun Yellow and Glisten Yellow 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Mudroom
Mudrooms are seen in passing, often under whatever light comes through the door — a context that favors colors with some depth. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Patio
Outside, paint color competes with sky, landscaping, and direct sun — all of which shift how both of these read compared to an indoor chip. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Fun Yellow vs Glisten Yellow Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fun Yellow on one side and Glisten 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 Fun Yellow comparisons
See how Fun Yellow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Fun Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 78 vs 6, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 52, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 58, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 27, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 55, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 13, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 44, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 66, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (78 vs 74) makes Fun Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (78 vs 68) makes Fun Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Fun Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 45, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.