Match Butter
PPG Butter is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 82. 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 82 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Lemon Spirit reads slightly lighter (LRV 90 vs 82), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (82 vs 79) makes Butter the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 82 and 80, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Yellow Blitz reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 82), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 82 vs 70, Butter is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 8.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 82 vs 68, Butter is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 14.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
