Match North Star
Sherwin-Williams North Star is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 62. 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 62 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
North Star reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 64 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 64 and 62, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 62 and 60, 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 62 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 64 and 62, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 64 and 62, 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 63 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (62 vs 59) makes North Star the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 3.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 6-point LRV gap (62 vs 56) makes North Star the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (62 vs 59) makes North Star the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 64 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.