Match Cloud Nine
Sherwin-Williams Cloud Nine is a light-reflective shade, neutral in character with an LRV of 78. 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 78 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 80 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 79 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 78 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 78 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Soft Montelimar 6 reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 79 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Cloud Nine reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (78 vs 73) makes Cloud Nine the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 7-point LRV gap (85 vs 78) makes Signal White the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (81 vs 78) makes Reflection the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (78 vs 70) makes Cloud Nine the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.