Match Lantern Light
Sherwin-Williams Lantern Light is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 76. 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 76 and 76, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 76 and 76, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 76), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 77 and 76, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 76), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Buttercup Fool 5 reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Lemonade reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Vanilla Ice Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 80 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (76 vs 68) makes Lantern Light the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (76 vs 70) makes Lantern Light the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Lantern Light reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 76 vs 58, Lantern Light is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 10.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 6-point LRV gap (76 vs 70) makes Lantern Light the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 19.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.