Match Alchemy
Sherwin-Williams Alchemy is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 38. 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 38 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 3.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Yellow Lupine reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (38 vs 32) makes Alchemy the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Amber Brew reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (38 vs 34) makes Alchemy the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (38 vs 33) makes Alchemy the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Alchemy reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
