Match French Vanilla
Sherwin-Williams French Vanilla is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 83. 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 83 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 85 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 83 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
French Vanilla reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
French Vanilla reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (89 vs 83) makes Cleanroom white the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
French Vanilla reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (87 vs 83) makes S 0502-Y the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 83 vs 70, French Vanilla is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.