Match Sweet Butter

Benjamin Moore Sweet Butter is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 70. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.

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Sweet Butter
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
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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.

Crowne Hill Yellow
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Crowne Hill Yellow vs Sweet Butter
Benjamin Moore
Crowne Hill Yellow
312 · LRV 70
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70

Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.

Compare ↔ΔE 2.0 — Subtle
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Solaria
Sweet Butter vs Solaria
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
Sherwin-Williams
Solaria
6688 · LRV 70

Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.

Compare ↔ΔE 2.1 — Subtle
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Evening Glow
Sweet Butter vs Evening Glow
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
PPG
Evening Glow
PPG1205-5 · LRV 69

Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.

Compare ↔ΔE 2.4 — Subtle
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Sign of the Crown
Sign of the Crown
Sweet Butter vs Sign of the Crown
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
Cloverdale Paint
Sign of the Crown
0820 · LRV 78

Sign of the Crown reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.

Compare ↔ΔE 2.8 — Subtle
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Lemon Tropics
Lemon Tropics
Sweet Butter vs Lemon Tropics
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70

Lemon Tropics reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.

Compare ↔ΔE 4.1 — Noticeable
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
RAL 280-1
RAL 280-1
Sweet Butter vs RAL 280-1
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
RAL EffectEffect
RAL 280-1
RAL 280-1 · LRV 75

A 5-point LRV gap (75 vs 70) makes RAL 280-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.

Compare ↔ΔE 4.1 — Noticeable
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Yellow Ground
Sweet Butter vs Yellow Ground
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
Farrow & Ball
Yellow Ground
218 · LRV 64

Sweet Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.

Compare ↔ΔE 4.5 — Noticeable
Surfboard Yellow
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Surfboard Yellow vs Sweet Butter
Behr
Surfboard Yellow
P280-4 · LRV 71
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70

With LRVs of 71 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.

Compare ↔ΔE 5.0 — Noticeable
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Joy
Sweet Butter vs Joy
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
Tikkurila
Joy
H303 · LRV 79

Joy reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.

Compare ↔ΔE 7.8 — Noticeable
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Sunlight
Sunlight
Sweet Butter vs Sunlight
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
Little Greene
Sunlight
135 · LRV 58

A 12-point LRV gap (70 vs 58) makes Sweet Butter the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.

Compare ↔ΔE 10.6 — Distinct
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Velvet
Velvet
Sweet Butter vs Velvet
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
Jotun
Velvet
10246 · LRV 52

Sweet Butter reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 52), opening up a space where Velvet encloses it. At ΔE 17.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.

Compare ↔ΔE 17.1 — Distinct
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Green beige
Green beige
Sweet Butter vs Green beige
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
RAL ClassicClassic
Green beige
RAL 1000 · LRV 52

Sweet Butter reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 52), opening up a space where Green beige encloses it. At ΔE 17.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.

Compare ↔ΔE 17.2 — Distinct
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
Cinnamon Foam
Cinnamon Foam
Sweet Butter vs Cinnamon Foam
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
Valspar
Cinnamon Foam
V085-2 · LRV 65

Sweet Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 19.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.

Compare ↔ΔE 19.9 — Distinct
Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter
S 3030-Y30R
S 3030-Y30R
Sweet Butter vs S 3030-Y30R
Benjamin Moore
Sweet Butter
171 · LRV 70
NCS
S 3030-Y30R
S 3030-Y30R · LRV 33

At LRV 70 vs 33, Sweet Butter is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 28.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.

Compare ↔ΔE 28.7 — Very different