Match Butter
Benjamin Moore Butter is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 86. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
With LRVs of 86 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (90 vs 86) makes Lemon Spirit the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 87 vs 86), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (86 vs 80) makes Butter the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 86 vs 72, Butter is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
First Light reads slightly lighter (LRV 92 vs 86), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Butter reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 70), opening up a space where Fresh Pasta encloses it. At ΔE 9.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 86 vs 72, Butter is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 10.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Butter reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 68), opening up a space where Light ivory encloses it. At ΔE 15.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
