Match Gates of Gold
Cloverdale Paint Gates of Gold is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 36. 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 36 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (36 vs 33) makes Gates of Gold the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 36 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 37 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Gates of Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (36 vs 33) makes Gates of Gold the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (36 vs 31) makes Gates of Gold the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 37 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (36 vs 31) makes Gates of Gold the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 36 and 34, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (36 vs 28) makes Gates of Gold the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 36 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 36 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 11.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 37 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 12.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.