Match Daring
Sherwin-Williams Daring is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 25. 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 26 vs 25), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 25 and 25, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (25 vs 21) makes Daring the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Daring reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 25 and 23, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 25 and 25, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Daring reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 23.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Pinch of Clove reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 23.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Daring reflects far more light (LRV 25 vs 7), opening up a space where S 5040-Y80R encloses it. At ΔE 33.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.