Match Buttercup Fool 5
Dulux Buttercup Fool 5 is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 83. 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.
A 4-point LRV gap (83 vs 79) makes Buttercup Fool 5 the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 0.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 83 and 80, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Buttercup Fool 5 reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (83 vs 79) makes Buttercup Fool 5 the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 6-point LRV gap (83 vs 77) makes Buttercup Fool 5 the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 83 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (86 vs 83) makes Ray of Light the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Buttercup Fool 5 reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 83 vs 70, Buttercup Fool 5 is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Buttercup Fool 5 reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 70), opening up a space where Stone-Pale-Warm encloses it. At ΔE 7.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Buttercup Fool 5 reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 83 vs 58, Buttercup Fool 5 is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 12.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 83 vs 70, Buttercup Fool 5 is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 19.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.