Match Baroness
Sherwin-Williams Baroness is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 28. 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.
Heather Glen reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Baroness reads slightly lighter (LRV 28 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 28 vs 28), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 28 and 28, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Uptown Girl reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Himalayan Musk 3 reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 28 and 28, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 12.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 5-point LRV gap (33 vs 28) makes Cooing Doves the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 16.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A ΔE of 19.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
S 3010-R80B reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 21.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.