Banan-Appeal
Benjamin Moore's Banan-Appeal is a yellow shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. Explore its color relationships and measurements, then bring the shortlist into your own light with a physical sample.
Hex
#FAF1B8LRV
82.97
Coordinating Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Cotton Balls reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 83), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (89 vs 83) makes Mascarpone the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 86 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 83 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (83 vs 79) makes Banan-Appeal the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 83 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 83 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 83 vs 32, Banan-Appeal is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 10, Banan-Appeal is decisively the brighter choice.
Banan-Appeal reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 12), opening up a space where Blue Suede Shoes encloses it.
Banan-Appeal reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 15), opening up a space where Mosaic encloses it.
Banan-Appeal reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 43), opening up a space where Aqua Marina encloses it.
Banan-Appeal reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 6), opening up a space where Blue encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 45, Banan-Appeal is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 85 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 83 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 83 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
A 8-point LRV gap (83 vs 75) makes Banan-Appeal the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (83 vs 80) makes Banan-Appeal the marginally brighter of the two.
Banan-Appeal reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes Banan-Appeal the marginally brighter of the two.
Banan-Appeal reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A washed-out shade of bright yellow reminiscent of the inside of a banana peel.