Match Colonial Yellow
Sherwin-Williams Colonial Yellow is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 60. 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 62 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 62 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Colonial Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Colonial Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (60 vs 56) makes Colonial Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 53) makes Colonial Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Yellow Ground reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 53) makes Colonial Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Colonial Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 60 vs 45, Colonial Yellow is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Colonial Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 43), opening up a space where Emperor encloses it. At ΔE 11.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Colonial Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Cinnamon Foam reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 60 vs 33, Colonial Yellow is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 19.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.