Match Active Green
Sherwin-Williams Active Green is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 49. 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.
Active Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Active Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 49 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Active Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (60 vs 49) makes Green Jewel the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 49 vs 37, Active Green is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 17.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 49 vs 31, Active Green is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 18.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Active Green reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 28), opening up a space where Crushed Pine 2 encloses it. At ΔE 19.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Active Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 22.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 5-point LRV gap (54 vs 49) makes Tiffany the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 24.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Freshwater Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 26.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 49 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 30.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 10-point LRV gap (49 vs 40) makes Active Green the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 31.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.