Match Lemon Zest
Cloverdale Paint Lemon Zest is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 85. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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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.


Lemon Zest reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.


A 4-point LRV gap (85 vs 81) makes Lemon Zest the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.



A 8-point LRV gap (85 vs 77) makes Lemon Zest the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.



A 10-point LRV gap (85 vs 75) makes Lemon Zest the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.


Lemon Zest reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


A 6-point LRV gap (85 vs 79) makes Lemon Zest the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.


Lemon Zest reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



Lemon Zest reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 86 vs 85), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.



Lemon Zest reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 58), opening up a space where Sunlight encloses it. At ΔE 14.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.



At LRV 85 vs 70, Lemon Zest is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 15.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.


At LRV 85 vs 58, Lemon Zest is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 17.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.


Lemon Zest reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 72), opening up a space where Timid Absinthe encloses it. At ΔE 17.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.


At LRV 85 vs 70, Lemon Zest is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 28.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.

