Match Delicious Melon
Sherwin-Williams Delicious Melon 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 63 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 6-point LRV gap (69 vs 63) makes Jonquil Trail the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 65 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (63 vs 59) makes Delicious Melon the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Delicious Melon reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 54), 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 63 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Dorset Cream the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Delicious Melon reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Delicious Melon the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 5-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Delicious Melon the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 65 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 11.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 79 vs 63, Joy is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 12.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Delicious Melon reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 33), opening up a space where S 3030-Y30R encloses it. At ΔE 20.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.