Match Cooing Doves
Valspar Cooing Doves is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 33. 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 33 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 33 and 33, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Madagascar Pink reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Cooing Doves reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (33 vs 27) makes Cooing Doves the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (33 vs 29) makes Cooing Doves the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (33 vs 26) makes Cooing Doves the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 12-point LRV gap (44 vs 33) makes Light pink the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Cooing Doves reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 34 vs 33), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 13.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 9-point LRV gap (42 vs 33) makes Hellebore the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 14.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 6-point LRV gap (33 vs 26) makes Cooing Doves the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 18.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Cooing Doves reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 19.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 33 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 21.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.