Match Malt Chocolate
Dulux Malt Chocolate is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 57. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 57 and 55, 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 57 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 4-point LRV gap (57 vs 53) makes Malt Chocolate the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 57 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Malt Chocolate reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Malt Chocolate reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Malt Chocolate reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (57 vs 53) makes Malt Chocolate the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 57 and 55, 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 57 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 57 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Malt Chocolate reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.