Match Cowhide
Cloverdale Paint Cowhide is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 44. 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 44 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Cowhide reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (47 vs 44) makes Fossil Tan the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 3.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 47 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (53 vs 44) makes Sunbaked Terracotta the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (50 vs 44) makes Masquerade the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Toasted Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Cowhide reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 30), opening up a space where S 4010-Y50R encloses it. At ΔE 11.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.