Match Joy
Tikkurila Joy is a light-reflective shade 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.
Vanilla Sundae reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 79 and 79, 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 79 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Joy reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Joy reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 9-point LRV gap (79 vs 70) makes Joy the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 7-point LRV gap (79 vs 72) makes Joy the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 15.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Joy reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 24.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.