Match Olive Colour
Little Greene Olive Colour is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 5. 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 6 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Windsor Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 8 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Olive green reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 7 vs 5), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 11.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 4-point LRV gap (10 vs 5) makes Avocado the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 4-point LRV gap (9 vs 5) makes Pinetop the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 5-point LRV gap (10 vs 5) makes Eastern Bamboo the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 6 vs 5), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 11.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 8 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 14.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Grotto reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 16.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Organic Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 20.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
S 6020-Y30R reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 21.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 7-point LRV gap (13 vs 5) makes Muddy Mississippi the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 21.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.