Match Crowd Pleaser
Cloverdale Paint Crowd Pleaser is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 9. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
View full Crowd Pleaser color page →
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 9 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 9 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 12 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (9 vs 4) makes Crowd Pleaser the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 11.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Dark Velvet reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 13.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.