In a sunny room, some paints can fade over time. Consumer Reports just tested more than two dozen kinds, including some from Martha Stewart, Ralph Lauren, Sears, Glidden and Dutch Boy. At the paint store, you can spend a lot of time picking just the right color. And if you decide on yellow or any shade containing yellow, your perfect color might not last.
Yellow pigment tends to fade.
However, Consumer Reports found that some brands are more likely to fade than others. John McAloon tested yellow-painted chips from 29 different kinds of paint. He exposed them to ultraviolet light. That's the kind that streams through a sunny window. After 1,500 hours of exposure, testers checked whether the paint had faded.