Match Gold Finch
Cloverdale Paint Gold Finch 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.
With LRVs of 36 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 36 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Gold Finch reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 36 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 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 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 36 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Summer In The City reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (36 vs 31) makes Gold Finch the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (36 vs 31) makes Gold Finch the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 9-point LRV gap (45 vs 36) makes Sand yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (36 vs 33) makes Gold Finch the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Gold Finch reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 13.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.