ColorplanCompare Paint Colors
Pick up to 5 colors from any brand and see them side by side in a real room.
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How to compare paint colors
Start with LRV
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (black) to 100 (white) and tells you how bright a color will look on the wall. Two colors a few points apart read as nearly the same depth; ten points apart is an obvious step lighter or darker.
Then check the undertone
Two whites or grays with the same LRV can still look different because one leans yellow, one green, one blue or violet. Undertones show most next to each other, which is why a side-by-side view is more useful than two separate swatches.
Use ΔE to judge how close they are
ΔE (CIEDE2000) is a single number for the visible difference between two colors. Under 1 is hard to see, 1 to 2 is a very close match, 2 to 4 is similar but distinguishable, and above 5 they are clearly different colors.
Look at them in a room
Pick two colors above and drag the slider across the room photo to see each one on the same wall, in the same light. Then test real samples at home: screens and daylight both shift how a color reads.
Popular paint color comparisons
194 head-to-head comparisons, each with LRV, undertone, a room photo slider and which one to choose.
White paint colors compared
- White Dove vs Chantilly Lace
- White Dove vs Alabaster
- Alabaster vs Pure White
- Simply White vs Chantilly Lace
- Swiss Coffee vs White Dove
- Pure White vs Extra White
- Shoji White vs Alabaster
- Snowbound vs Alabaster
- Wimborne White vs Pointing
- School House White vs Wimborne White
- Polar Bear vs Ultra Pure White
- Blank Canvas vs Polar Bear
- White Dove vs Extra White
- White Dove vs Strong White
- White Dove vs Polar Bear
- Chantilly Lace vs Extra White
- Chantilly Lace vs All White
- Chantilly Lace vs Ultra Pure White
- Simply White vs Extra White
- Simply White vs All White
- Simply White vs Ultra Pure White
- Swiss Coffee vs Pure White
- Swiss Coffee vs Strong White
- Swiss Coffee vs Polar Bear
- Oxford White vs Alabaster
- Oxford White vs Strong White
- Oxford White vs Polar Bear
- Cloud White vs Extra White
- Cloud White vs Wimborne White
- Cloud White vs Polar Bear
- Alabaster vs Pristine
- Alabaster vs Strong White
- Alabaster vs Polar Bear
- Pure White vs Strong White
- Pure White vs Polar Bear
- Extra White vs Capri Coast
- Extra White vs All White
- Extra White vs Polar Bear
- Snowbound vs Atrium White
- Snowbound vs Wimborne White
- Snowbound vs Painter's White
- Shoji White vs Winds Breath
- Shoji White vs Blackened
- Shoji White vs Milk White
- Greek Villa vs Sand Dollar
- Greek Villa vs School House White
- Greek Villa vs Swiss Cream
- Dover White vs Spanish White
- Dover White vs School House White
- Dover White vs Swiss Cream
- All White vs Alabaster
- All White vs Ultra Pure White
- Wimborne White vs Moonlight White
- Wimborne White vs Alabaster
- Wimborne White vs Polar Bear
- Pointing vs French Canvas
- Pointing vs Snowbound
- Pointing vs Blank Canvas
- School House White vs Sea Pearl
- School House White vs Westhighland White
- School House White vs Cameo White
- Strong White vs Barely There
- Strong White vs Painter's White
- Polar Bear vs Pearly White
- Polar Bear vs Strong White
- Ultra Pure White vs Alabaster
- Ultra Pure White vs Extra White
- Blank Canvas vs Dune White
- Blank Canvas vs Snowbound
- Blank Canvas vs White Tie
- Cotton Knit vs White Christmas
- Cotton Knit vs Snowbound
- Cotton Knit vs White Tie
Gray paint colors compared
- Agreeable Gray vs Repose Gray
- Revere Pewter vs Edgecomb Gray
- Pale Oak vs Edgecomb Gray
- Classic Gray vs Pale Oak
- Stonington Gray vs Gray Owl
- Accessible Beige vs Agreeable Gray
- Revere Pewter vs Agreeable Gray
- Urbane Bronze vs Iron Ore
- Kendall Charcoal vs Iron Ore
- Railings vs Down Pipe
- Elephant's Breath vs Revere Pewter
- Cornforth White vs Ammonite
- Revere Pewter vs Purbeck Stone
- Revere Pewter vs Creamy Mushroom
- Edgecomb Gray vs Agreeable Gray
- Edgecomb Gray vs Ammonite
- Edgecomb Gray vs Creamy Mushroom
- Pale Oak vs Shoji White
- Pale Oak vs Ammonite
- Pale Oak vs Silver Drop
- Classic Gray vs Shoji White
- Classic Gray vs Blackened
- Classic Gray vs Painter's White
- Balboa Mist vs Shoji White
- Balboa Mist vs Blackened
- Balboa Mist vs Silver Drop
- Stonington Gray vs Sea Salt
- Stonington Gray vs Cromarty
- Stonington Gray vs Silver Drop
- Gray Owl vs Sea Salt
- Gray Owl vs Cromarty
- Gray Owl vs Silver Drop
- Collingwood vs Agreeable Gray
- Collingwood vs Cornforth White
- Collingwood vs Silver Drop
- Coventry Gray vs Magnetic Gray
- Coventry Gray vs Pavilion Gray
- Coventry Gray vs Classic Silver
- Kendall Charcoal vs Down Pipe
- Kendall Charcoal vs Intellectual
- Wrought Iron vs Railings
- Boothbay Gray vs Magnetic Gray
- Agreeable Gray vs London Fog
- Agreeable Gray vs Cornforth White
- Agreeable Gray vs Silver Drop
- Repose Gray vs Bunny Gray
- Repose Gray vs Pavilion Gray
- Repose Gray vs Classic Silver
- Accessible Beige vs Bleeker Beige
- Accessible Beige vs Purbeck Stone
- Accessible Beige vs Sandstone Cliff
- Mindful Gray vs La Paloma Gray
- Mindful Gray vs Pavilion Gray
- Mindful Gray vs Dolphin Fin
- Worldly Gray vs Ashen Tan
- Worldly Gray vs Purbeck Stone
- Worldly Gray vs Burnished Clay
- Iron Ore vs Dragon's Breath
- Iron Ore vs Cracked Pepper
- Urbane Bronze vs Clinton Brown
- Cornforth White vs Sea Salt
- Cornforth White vs Silver Drop
- Ammonite vs Sea Salt
- Ammonite vs Agreeable Gray
- Ammonite vs Creamy Mushroom
- Elephant's Breath vs Pashmina
- Elephant's Breath vs Anew Gray
- Elephant's Breath vs Burnished Clay
- Purbeck Stone vs Coastal Fog
- Purbeck Stone vs Sandstone Cliff
- Railings vs Raccoon Fur
- Down Pipe vs Charcoal Slate
- Silver Drop vs Nimbus
- Elephant Skin vs Rockport Gray
- Elephant Skin vs Dorian Gray
- Elephant Skin vs Mole's Breath
Blue paint colors compared
- Sea Salt vs Rainwashed
- Hale Navy vs Naval
- Hague Blue vs Hale Navy
- Newburyport Blue vs Distance
- Newburyport Blue vs Stiffkey Blue
- Palladian Blue vs Rainwashed
- Palladian Blue vs Breezeway
- Sea Salt vs Quiet Moments
- Sea Salt vs Cromarty
- Rainwashed vs Woodlawn Blue
- Rainwashed vs Breezeway
- Naval vs Old Navy
- Stiffkey Blue vs Hudson Bay
- Hague Blue vs Narragansett Green
Green paint colors compared
- Evergreen Fog vs Pewter Green
- Saybrook Sage vs Evergreen Fog
- Saybrook Sage vs Retreat
- October Mist vs Colonnade Gray
- October Mist vs Fresh Sage
- Soft Fern vs Softened Green
- Soft Fern vs Vert De Terre
- Soft Fern vs Nature's Gift
- Healing Aloe vs Sea Salt
- Healing Aloe vs Cromarty
- Evergreen Fog vs Creekside Green
- Evergreen Fog vs Charleston Gray
- Evergreen Fog vs Dark Pewter
- Pewter Green vs Azores
- Card Room Green vs Caldwell Green