GlossAtlas
Find which finish in another brand's lineup is physically closest to yours, based on each manufacturer's own published gloss/sheen measurements. Paint companies name their sheens differently, so a "Satin" from one brand can measure like an "Eggshell" from another. GlossAtlas compares the numbers instead of the names, and links every figure to the data sheet it came from.
What 99 cross-brand readings show
Beyond the tool, GlossAtlas analyses the whole dataset: how often a sheen name means the same thing at two brands, where it does not, and how much of the aisle cannot be compared at all.
- 69%of readings: the same name is among the closest range
- 29%of Satin readings: the same name is among the closest
- 29%of cross-brand finish pairs share no measurement angle
- 22.5gloss units: widest spread for one name (Satin, 85°)
All analysis: Is the same sheen name the closest match? · Which sheen names differ most between brands? · How much of the paint aisle can actually be compared?.
Worked examples: Moving from Sherwin-Williams Emerald Satin to Benjamin Moore · Moving from Behr Marquee Satin to Sherwin-Williams · Moving from Valspar Signature Satin to Behr.
What the published numbers show
3 comparisons, straight from the manufacturers' data sheets. Together they show that a finish name alone does not tell you how a paint measures.
- Sherwin-Williams Emerald Satin vs. Benjamin Moore Aura Eggshell: 10–20 vs 10–22 at 85°, strong overlap (10 gloss units shared).
- Sherwin-Williams Emerald Satin vs. Valspar Signature Eggshell: 10–20 vs 12–22 at 85°, strong overlap (8 gloss units shared).
- Benjamin Moore Aura Satin vs. Behr Marquee Satin: 28–38 vs 15–25 at 60°, nearest range, no overlap (3 gloss units flatter).
See every brand's published range for each sheen name side by side in same name, different published range.
Browse by brand
Each brand page translates that brand's finishes into the other three and holds the source figures and data sheets for each of its lines.
- Sherwin-Williams — source data: Emerald Interior Acrylic Latex — source data: Duration Home Interior Acrylic Latex
- Benjamin Moore — source data: Aura Waterborne Interior — source data: Regal Select Interior
- Behr — source data: Marquee Interior — source data: Premium Plus Interior
- Valspar — source data: Signature Interior Paint + Primer — source data: Ultra Interior Paint + Primer
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How this is different from a sheen chart
Most "which sheen is which" content online describes finishes in general terms — "soft shimmer," "velvety," "12–15% reflective" — pulled from marketing copy rather than a measurement. GlossAtlas instead reads the actual gloss-unit figure each manufacturer publishes on its own technical or product data sheet, at a stated measurement angle (60° or 85°), and compares two finishes only when both brands measured at that same angle. There's no conversion between angles and no invented number standing in for a figure a manufacturer hasn't published — see the methodology page for the full rule set. That's the difference between "these both sound satin-ish" and "these two published ranges actually overlap."