Match Icy
Sherwin-Williams Icy is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 56. 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.
With LRVs of 56 and 56, 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 56 vs 55), 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 56 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 56 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Icy reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (56 vs 53) makes Icy the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 59 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 71 vs 56, S 0515-R80B is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 8.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.