Match Afternoon
Sherwin-Williams Afternoon is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 65. 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.
Sun Touched reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Afternoon reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Afternoon reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 67 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Banana Split reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 65 vs 65), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
RAL 270-1 reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (65 vs 58) makes Afternoon the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Afternoon reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 43), opening up a space where Emperor encloses it. At ΔE 13.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 65 vs 45, Afternoon is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 16.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Afternoon reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 52), opening up a space where Velvet encloses it. At ΔE 23.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 65 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 26.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 65 vs 33, Afternoon is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 26.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.