Adjustment Brush - Color Matching

I adjusted a photo in Photoshop making extensive color adjustments. I then went to the original in LR and tried to match the colors. I used the adjustment brush color picker and picked the color off of the PS image. I then painted the color in LR.
There was a huge difference in the color between the PS and LR images. Further, the LR color picker showed the correct color, but the brushed-on color in LR was very different. I tried HSL adjustments in LR, but was unable to come close to the correct color.
Is there some way to get a good match to the color chosen when brushing that color on in LR?

Jao,
Thank you.
I was confused about the functioning of the Saturation slider. Now I understand that it works on the underlying color, not the color being applied.
I find that I am unable to match colors using the LR Brush. So it looks like radical color adjustments are best left to PS. Also, it seems to me that adjusting color with curves in PS is more intuitive and much easier to get the color I'm looking for.

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