Match Hinting Blue
Sherwin-Williams Hinting Blue is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 68. 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 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Atmosphere reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Hinting Blue encloses it. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Hinting Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 65), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (71 vs 68) makes Nuance the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Hinting Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Hinting Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 1000-N reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (68 vs 59) makes Hinting Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.