Match Inviting Ivory
Sherwin-Williams Inviting Ivory is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 70. 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 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 70 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 70 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 73 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (70 vs 66) makes Inviting Ivory the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Inviting Ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 70 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.
With LRVs of 70 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 70 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 13.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.