Match Anthracite grey
RAL Classic Anthracite grey is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 8. 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 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (8 vs 5) makes Anthracite grey the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Anthracite grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 8 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Anthracite grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 8 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 28 vs 8, Evening in Paris is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 8 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (8 vs 5) makes Anthracite grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (8 vs 3) makes Anthracite grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (8 vs 4) makes Anthracite grey 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 8 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.