Match Rustic Adobe
Sherwin-Williams Rustic Adobe is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 38. 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 38 and 37, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 41 and 38, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 39 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 7-point LRV gap (38 vs 31) makes Rustic Adobe the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (38 vs 33) makes Rustic Adobe the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 38 and 37, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 39 and 38, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 40 and 38, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (42 vs 38) makes Naperon the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (38 vs 31) makes Rustic Adobe the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (38 vs 31) makes Rustic Adobe the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (46 vs 38) makes RAL 310-3 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (38 vs 32) makes Rustic Adobe the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 38 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.