Match Only Yesterday
Cloverdale Paint Only Yesterday is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 48. 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 48 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 6-point LRV gap (48 vs 42) makes Only Yesterday the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (48 vs 43) makes Only Yesterday the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Only Yesterday reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 51 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 47), 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 48 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 49 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Only Yesterday reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Faded Terracotta reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Only Yesterday reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.