Buttered Popcorn vs Confident Yellow
Where Buttered Popcorn belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Confident Yellow is a Sherwin-Williams color. Buttered Popcorn reads as beige-red, while Confident Yellow reads as beige-yellow — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Confident Yellow (LRV 64) reflects noticeably more light than Buttered Popcorn (LRV 61), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Buttered Popcorn vs Confident Yellow in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Buttered Popcorn and Confident 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.
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.
Color Details
Buttered Popcorn vs Confident Yellow Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Buttered Popcorn on one side and Confident 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.
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