Match Outgoing Orange
Sherwin-Williams Outgoing Orange is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 39. 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 41 vs 39), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 39), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Outgoing Orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Outgoing Orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Cheerful Tangerine reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (50 vs 39) makes Fandango Fun the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (39 vs 34) makes Outgoing Orange the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Pastel yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Outgoing Orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 39 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 10.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 4-point LRV gap (43 vs 39) makes Emperor the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 15.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Outgoing Orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 39 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 16.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 39 vs 22, Outgoing Orange is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 18.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.