Match May Apple
Behr May Apple is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 81. The matches below are the closest equivalents available across every brand on Pontata, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score. A ΔE under 3 is subtle; under 10 is noticeable but harmonious; above 25 means genuinely different colors.
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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 84 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 82 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Daffodil White reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (92 vs 81) makes First Light the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 12-point LRV gap (81 vs 70) makes May Apple the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
May Apple reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 81 vs 68, May Apple is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
