Match Flowers of May
Cloverdale Paint Flowers of May is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 70. 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 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 70 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Sugarplum reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (73 vs 70) makes Fairytale the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Violet White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (77 vs 70) makes RAL 160-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 9-point LRV gap (70 vs 61) makes Flowers of May the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 70 vs 57, Flowers of May is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 7.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 9-point LRV gap (79 vs 70) makes Gauze - Mid the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Flowers of May reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 70 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.