Match Fame Orange
Sherwin-Williams Fame Orange is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 40. 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.
With LRVs of 40 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (40 vs 37) makes Fame Orange the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 42 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 40 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Fame Orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 40 vs 37), 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 42 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Fame Orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 40 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (40 vs 32) makes Fame Orange the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 11-point LRV gap (51 vs 40) makes Siesta the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (40 vs 33) makes Fame Orange the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 9-point LRV gap (40 vs 31) makes Fame Orange the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 12-point LRV gap (52 vs 40) makes RAL 420-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 10.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Fame Orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 40 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.