Match Honey
Cloverdale Paint Honey is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 55. 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.
Golden Lake reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 56 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Honey reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 57 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (58 vs 55) makes Toasted Pine Nut the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Trench Coat reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (55 vs 49) makes Honey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Almond Biscuit reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 55), 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 55 vs 53), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 9.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.