Match Umbra grey
RAL Classic Umbra grey is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 10. 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 10 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Wheat Bread reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 10), opening up a space where Umbra grey encloses it. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Umbra grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 10 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 10 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 10 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 11 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Umbra grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 3), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.