Match Aura
Benjamin Moore Aura is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 77. 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 80 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 10-point LRV gap (87 vs 77) makes Lavish Lemon the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 77 and 77, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 78 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 78 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (77 vs 70) makes Aura the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 10-point LRV gap (77 vs 68) makes Aura the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Aura reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 8-point LRV gap (77 vs 70) makes Aura the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.