Match Straw
Tikkurila Straw is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 65. 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 65 vs 64), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 65), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 5-point LRV gap (70 vs 65) makes Fresh Pasta the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Farrow's Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 66 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Pale Honey reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (65 vs 57) makes Straw the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 65 vs 65), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 8.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Straw reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.