Match Avid Apricot
Sherwin-Williams Avid Apricot is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 62. The matches below are the closest equivalents available across every brand on Pontata, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score. A ΔE under 3 is subtle; under 10 is noticeable but harmonious; above 25 means genuinely different colors.
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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.
A 4-point LRV gap (62 vs 59) makes Avid Apricot the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Southern Breeze reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 63 and 62, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (70 vs 62) makes RAL 140-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Avid Apricot reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 65 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 63 and 62, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Avid Apricot the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Stone-Pale-Warm reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Avid Apricot reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (62 vs 58) makes Avid Apricot the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 62 vs 49, Avid Apricot is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Avid Apricot reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 18.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.