Match Downy
Sherwin-Williams Downy is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 81. 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 82 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 84 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 81 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (85 vs 81) makes Bleached Linen the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 82 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 82 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 84 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Downy reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.