Match Viva Gold
Sherwin-Williams Viva Gold is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 47. 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.
Tropical Dream reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Viva Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 47 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Viva Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 47 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (47 vs 37) makes Viva Gold the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Viva Gold reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 33), opening up a space where S 3030-Y30R encloses it. At ΔE 12.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Viva Gold reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 31), opening up a space where Pinch of Clove encloses it. At ΔE 16.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.