Match Old School
Cloverdale Paint Old School is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 16. 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 16 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 16 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 16 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 16 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 17 and 16, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Reed green reads slightly lighter (LRV 20 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 18 and 16, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Sage Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 20 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Old School reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 16 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 11.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Warm Eucalyptus (US) reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.