Independent paint color guide

Pick the right paint color before you buy the gallon.

Shop Spruce checks every color against the brand's published data, then shows you its real lightness, undertone, closest cross-brand matches and how it shifts in your light.

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Start with the brand you can buy

Every color page uses the brand's own code, so you can walk into the store and order it exactly.

Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray, Alabaster, Repose Gray, Sea Salt and more. 7 colors Benjamin Moore White Dove, Edgecomb Gray and Revere Pewter. 3 colors Behr Swiss Coffee and Blank Canvas, sold at Home Depot. 2 colors

Head to head

The comparisons people ask about most

Measured with Delta E 2000, so you know whether two colors will actually look different on your wall.

White Dove vs Alabaster Delta E 1.2 · near twins Repose Gray vs Agreeable Gray Delta E 1.6 · near twins Agreeable Gray vs Accessible Beige Delta E 2.5 · close Agreeable Gray vs Edgecomb Gray Delta E 2.9 · close

How we check

Numbers first, opinions second

Brand data

Code, hex, RGB and LRV come from the brand's published listing, with the date we checked it.

Color science

We convert each color to CIELAB to measure its undertone and lean.

Real matches

Cross-brand matches are ranked by Delta E 2000, the industry measure of visible difference.

Honest advice

We tell you where a color works, where it struggles, and to test a sample first.

New to choosing paint?

Start with the two guides that save the most repainting: what LRV means, and how to test a color properly.

Read the guides

What is LRV in paint? How to test paint colors The best white paint colors