Match Butter Up
Sherwin-Williams Butter Up is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 74. 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.
Lemon Filling reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 71), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Vanilla Sundae reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Butter Up reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (74 vs 71) makes Butter Up the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Butter Up reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (74 vs 70) makes Butter Up the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Butter Up reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 14.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Butter Up reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 23.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.