Match Caviar
Sherwin-Williams Caviar is a deep, low-reflectance shade, neutral in character with an LRV of 3. 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 3 vs 3), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 3 vs 3), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Black grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 6 vs 3), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 5 vs 3), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 3 vs 3), 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 5 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 28 vs 3, Evening in Paris is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 5 and 3, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (7 vs 3) makes Blackened Black the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.