Match Timid Blue
Sherwin-Williams Timid Blue is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 79. 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 79 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 82 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (79 vs 75) makes Timid Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (79 vs 76) makes Timid Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Timid Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 4-point LRV gap (79 vs 75) makes Timid Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 6-point LRV gap (85 vs 79) makes Signal White the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Timid Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Timid Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.