Match Lightning Storm
Benjamin Moore Lightning Storm is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 80. 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 80 vs 79), 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 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (80 vs 75) makes Lightning Storm the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 80 and 77, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (86 vs 80) makes Firefly the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (80 vs 75) makes Lightning Storm the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Lemon Zest reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At ΔE 12.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 10-point LRV gap (80 vs 70) makes Lightning Storm the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 14.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Lightning Storm reads slightly lighter (LRV 80 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 80 vs 58, Lightning Storm is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 19.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 10-point LRV gap (80 vs 70) makes Lightning Storm the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 28.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.