Match Buff
Sherwin-Williams Buff is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 75. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Buff reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 76 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (78 vs 75) makes Frosting Cream the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 77 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 6-point LRV gap (75 vs 69) makes Buff the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 78 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (75 vs 68) makes Buff the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (75 vs 70) makes Buff the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Buff reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (75 vs 70) makes Buff the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.