Match Shimmering Pool
Behr Shimmering Pool is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 79. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 80 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Frosty Mint reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Lagoon Falls reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 79 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Shimmering Pool reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 79 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Cabbage White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Shimmering Pool reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (79 vs 69) makes Shimmering Pool the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 10-point LRV gap (88 vs 79) makes Traffic White the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
S 1002-Y20R reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.