Match Cheerful
Sherwin-Williams Cheerful is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 63. 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.
A 7-point LRV gap (63 vs 55) makes Cheerful the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 64 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 63 and 62, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Cheerful reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 63 vs 33, Cheerful is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 52.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.