Match Breathtaking
Sherwin-Williams Breathtaking is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 63. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 64 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 63 and 62, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 64 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Breathtaking reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 0515-R80B reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 63 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (63 vs 59) makes Breathtaking the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Breathtaking reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (63 vs 56) makes Breathtaking the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (63 vs 59) makes Breathtaking the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.