Match Beige
Sherwin-Williams Beige is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 60. 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 60 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 63 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 60 and 59, 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 60 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (65 vs 60) makes Adobe Sand the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 53) makes Beige the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Light ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.