Why a bush turkey?

The Australian brush-turkey rakes an entire yard of leaves, mulch and rubbish into one mound, then tends it. Scientists call its family the mound-builders. That is the job here.

What this is

Choosing finishes means fifty brochures, six showrooms and a forum thread from 2019. Every brand names and numbers its colours differently, and nobody puts them side by side. Bush Turkey does: every brand's range in one place, sorted by the things that matter, with the closest match at the other brands.

It is independent. No brand pays to be here and nothing is for sale.

How the ranking works

• Colour values are the ones each brand publishes. Where a brand does not publish one, we say so instead of guessing.
• Trending means a brand colour forecast or a magazine pick, with a link to the source.
• Forum mentions count recommendations on Reddit and renovation forums. They are mentions, not sales. Paint companies do not publish sales.
• Closest matches are measured with ΔE 2000 from published values. Under 2 is a near twin.

Always sample

A screen is not paint. Light, sheen and the wall around it all change a colour. Use this to get to three, then put real samples on your own wall.

For AI agents and tools

Every colour has its own page with structured data, and the full dataset is open at /data/. Start at /llms.txt.