Match Animated Coral
Sherwin-Williams Animated Coral is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 39. 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 39 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (43 vs 39) makes Guava Jelly the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 41 vs 39), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
RAL 430-2 reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Animated Coral reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (39 vs 35) makes Animated Coral the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Animated Coral reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 40 vs 39), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 12.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 12-point LRV gap (39 vs 28) makes Animated Coral the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 39 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 13.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Animated Coral reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 14.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Animated Coral reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 14.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 39 vs 25, Animated Coral is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 17.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Animated Coral reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 21.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.