Match Torchlight
Sherwin-Williams Torchlight is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 48. 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 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Torchlight reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (53 vs 48) makes Tropical Dream the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Torchlight reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Torchlight reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 8.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Torchlight reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 10-point LRV gap (48 vs 38) makes Torchlight the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 48 vs 33, Torchlight is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 15.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 48 vs 31, Torchlight is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 19.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.