Match Pearl Onion
Sherwin-Williams Pearl Onion is a light-reflective shade, neutral in character with an LRV of 86. 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 86 and 85, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 86 vs 85), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 86 vs 84), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 86 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 87 and 86, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 88 and 86, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 88 and 86, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 86 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 86 and 85, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 88 and 86, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Pearl Onion reads slightly lighter (LRV 86 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (86 vs 82) makes Pearl Onion the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (89 vs 86) makes Cleanroom white the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 86 vs 70, Pearl Onion is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.