Match Raindrop
Sherwin-Williams Raindrop is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 52. 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 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Thunderbird reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes Raindrop the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (52 vs 44) makes Raindrop the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Mint Macaroon reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 52), opening up a space where Raindrop encloses it. At ΔE 7.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (52 vs 44) makes Raindrop the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Raindrop reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 40), opening up a space where S 3010-B90G encloses it. At ΔE 11.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.