Match Shortbread
Benjamin Moore Shortbread is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 54. The matches below are the closest equivalents available across every brand on Pontata, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score. A ΔE under 3 is subtle; under 10 is noticeable but harmonious; above 25 means genuinely different colors.
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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 57 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 57 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 4-point LRV gap (58 vs 54) makes Ivory the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Pale Moss reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Fennel Seed reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (58 vs 54) makes Hay the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 3.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Golden Ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 56 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Tostada reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Shortbread reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 54 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 15.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.