Match Popcorn Kernel
Benjamin Moore Popcorn Kernel is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 79. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 81 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 7-point LRV gap (86 vs 79) makes Ray of Light the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Buttercup Fool 5 reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 80 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 79 and 77, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Popcorn Kernel reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (79 vs 70) makes Popcorn Kernel the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Popcorn Kernel reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Popcorn Kernel reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 12-point LRV gap (79 vs 68) makes Popcorn Kernel the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 9-point LRV gap (79 vs 70) makes Popcorn Kernel the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 20.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.