Match Impetuous
Sherwin-Williams Impetuous is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 67. 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 68 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 67 and 64, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Reviving Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 67 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 67 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (77 vs 67) makes Lemon Tropics the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 67 vs 52, Impetuous is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 14.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Timid Absinthe reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 17.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Impetuous reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 53), opening up a space where S 2010-G50Y encloses it. At ΔE 29.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.