Match Goldfinch
Sherwin-Williams Goldfinch is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 55. 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.
A 4-point LRV gap (55 vs 50) makes Goldfinch the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Sunflower Symphony 4 reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Goldfinch reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 70 vs 55, Happy Face is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 7.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 55 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 17.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 55 vs 33, Goldfinch is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 52.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.