Match Open Water
Cloverdale Paint Open Water is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 6. 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 6 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Ink Well reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 6 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 7 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Blue Note reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 7 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 6 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 6 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 6 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 7 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 6 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 6 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.