Butterscotch Glaze vs Middle Buff
Where Butterscotch Glaze belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Middle Buff is a Little Greene color. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Butterscotch Glaze (LRV 31) reflects noticeably more light than Middle Buff (LRV 22), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 11.6, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Butterscotch Glaze vs Middle Buff in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Butterscotch Glaze and Middle Buff in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The LRV gap is large enough that Butterscotch Glaze will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Middle Buff would.
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. Butterscotch Glaze reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Middle Buff.
Color Details
Butterscotch Glaze vs Middle Buff Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Butterscotch Glaze on one side and Middle Buff 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 Butterscotch Glaze comparisons
See how Butterscotch Glaze stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 31, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
Butterscotch Glaze reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 31, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 31 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 31, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
Butterscotch Glaze reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 31, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 31 vs 4, Butterscotch Glaze is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
Butterscotch Glaze reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 31, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (31 vs 21) makes Butterscotch Glaze the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 31, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Butterscotch Glaze reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Butterscotch Glaze reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (41 vs 31) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Butterscotch Glaze reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 31), opening up a space where Butterscotch Glaze encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 31 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room.