Match Cabernet
Cloverdale Paint Cabernet is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 8. 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.
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 8 and 8, 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 8 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 11 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Pale brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 6020-Y30R reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 13.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 5-point LRV gap (13 vs 8) makes Muddy Mississippi the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.