Match Buttercream
Benjamin Moore Buttercream is a light-reflective shade, warm in character 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.
With LRVs of 56 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 58 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Gabriel's Light reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 56), 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 59 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
String reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 59 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Travertine reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (62 vs 56) makes Trench Coat the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Buttercream reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (68 vs 56) makes Light ivory the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
RAL 140-6 reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (56 vs 51) makes Buttercream the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 56 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.