Match Waterfall
Sherwin-Williams Waterfall is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 71. 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 71 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.



Waterfall reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.



Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.



A 4-point LRV gap (75 vs 71) makes Barely Aqua the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.



Peppermint Rock reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


With LRVs of 71 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 8.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.



At LRV 71 vs 58, Waterfall is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.



A 4-point LRV gap (71 vs 67) makes Waterfall the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.









