Match Parakeet
Sherwin-Williams Parakeet is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 41. 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.
Hyper reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 41 vs 39), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 6-point LRV gap (47 vs 41) makes Secret Safari the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 41 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Lime Rickey reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (41 vs 38) makes Parakeet the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Parakeet reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 57 vs 41, Citrona is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 12.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 11-point LRV gap (41 vs 30) makes Parakeet the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 41 vs 26, Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 14.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 41 vs 29, Parakeet is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 18.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Sand yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 19.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Parakeet reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 19.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Parakeet reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 28.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.