Fun Yellow vs Venetian Yellow
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. These are both beige-yellows, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-yellow to land. With LRVs of 78 and 77, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 7.4, the difference is perceptible but not dramatic — the two can work harmoniously in the same space. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Fun Yellow vs Venetian Yellow in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Fun Yellow and Venetian 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. 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 Venetian Yellow Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fun Yellow on one side and Venetian 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.
Fun Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
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.
Fun Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Fun Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 8, 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.
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.