Match Buffalo Hide
PPG Buffalo Hide is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 35. 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 35 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 35 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 36 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 37 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (39 vs 35) makes Summer In The City the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Sand yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 9.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (35 vs 29) makes Buffalo Hide the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 35 and 33, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 11.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.