Match Pine Nut
Cloverdale Paint Pine Nut is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 53. 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 53 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.


Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.


Sequin reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.

With LRVs of 53 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.



With LRVs of 53 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


With LRVs of 53 and 51, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


A 3-point LRV gap (53 vs 50) makes Pine Nut the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.



Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.



A 5-point LRV gap (58 vs 53) makes Hay the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.



Pine Nut reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



Pine Nut reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


With LRVs of 53 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.



A 12-point LRV gap (65 vs 53) makes Cinnamon Foam the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.



Pine Nut reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 33), opening up a space where S 3030-Y30R encloses it. At ΔE 17.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.

