Match Gold Buff
PPG Gold Buff is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 56. 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.
Garbanzo Paste reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 56 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 56 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Perky Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (60 vs 56) makes Colonial Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (64 vs 56) makes Yellow Ground the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Gold Buff reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (65 vs 56) makes Cinnamon Foam the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 18.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Gold Buff reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 33), opening up a space where S 3030-Y30R encloses it. At ΔE 20.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.