Match Poppy
Benjamin Moore Poppy is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 15. 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 15 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.


With LRVs of 16 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.



With LRVs of 15 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.



Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.

Strawberry red reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.



With LRVs of 15 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



With LRVs of 16 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



Poppy reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 13.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.


A 7-point LRV gap (22 vs 15) makes Pimento the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 16.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.



Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 20.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.


At LRV 34 vs 15, Flamingo is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 25.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.



A 8-point LRV gap (15 vs 7) makes Poppy the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 25.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.



A 8-point LRV gap (15 vs 7) makes Poppy the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 26.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.

