Match Olive grey
RAL Classic Olive grey is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 22. 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 22 vs 20), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 22 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 20), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (22 vs 18) makes Olive grey the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Olive grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (22 vs 18) makes Olive grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 22 and 20, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (22 vs 18) makes Olive grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 25 vs 22), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Olive grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.