Match Bitter Sage
Behr Bitter Sage is a mid-tone shade, neutral in character with an LRV of 33. 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 35 vs 33), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Big Fish reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Coastal Plain reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 33 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 33 and 31, 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 33 vs 32), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 34 vs 33), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (37 vs 33) makes Treasure the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (33 vs 29) makes Bitter Sage the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Simply Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (33 vs 30) makes Bitter Sage the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 33 vs 33), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (40 vs 33) makes Cool Pine the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 33 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.