Match Rain
Sherwin-Williams Rain is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 49. 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 49 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 50 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Dover Surf reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 49 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (54 vs 49) makes Indulgence the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Niebla Azul reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (53 vs 49) makes S 2005-G10Y the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (49 vs 45) makes Rain the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.