Match Taupe
Cloverdale Paint Taupe is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 22. 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 22 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 22 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
At LRV 35 vs 22, Pearl beige is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 23 and 22, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Taupe reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Conglomerate reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (26 vs 22) makes Gooseberry Fool 2 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 22 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 8.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
S 4010-Y50R reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.