Sicilian Lemon

Sicilian Lemon is Benjamin Moore 2020-60, the colour formerly sold as Moonlight. Benjamin Moore renamed it, so older chips and brochures may still say Moonlight, but the number is the same. It is a pale, clear butter yellow with an LRV of 83. It is light enough to behave like a tinted white in a bright room and cheerful enough to make a north-facing one feel as if the sun came out.

It is a children's-room classic for good reason, but it grows up quickly with patterned curtains, a sisal rug and a little terracotta. In warm evening light it turns golden; against cool white trim it looks freshest.