Match Velvet Dawn
Cloverdale Paint Velvet Dawn is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 47. 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 47 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
African Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 49 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
RAL 560-1 reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Mauve Finery reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 9-point LRV gap (56 vs 47) makes Sugared Almond the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (52 vs 47) makes Classic Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (47 vs 44) makes Velvet Dawn the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Velvet Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Obscura reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 10.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.