Match Patience
Sherwin-Williams Patience 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.
With LRVs of 67 and 66, 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 67 and 66, 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 67 vs 64), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Patience reads slightly lighter (LRV 67 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 67 vs 64), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Beauvais Lilac reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (71 vs 67) makes Oyster white the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Gentle Lamb reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 69 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (70 vs 67) makes S 1005-Y60R the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.