Rough Ride
PPG Rough Ride (PPG1036-5) carries the measured structure of its color data and the less predictable beauty of paint in a finished space. Its blue and grey classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. The manufacturer's description below offers one reading; the room imagery leaves space for your own.
Hex
#7a8687LRV
23.00
Rough Ride's Color Strip
Rough Ride is the fifth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between After The Storm and Phantom. The strip spans from Gray Glimpse at the lightest end to Mostly Metal at the deepest. Strip PPG1036 makes it easy to compare shades side by side and find the right depth for your space.
Rough Ride in Rooms
Follow Rough Ride from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 10 generated visualizations explore how the color might shape a finished room.
1 Bathroom Photo
The 1 bathroom image turn a blue swatch into something more spatial and expressive. An LRV of 23 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Rough Ride — japandi bathroom
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1 Bedroom Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Rough Ride (PPG1036-5) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
A traditional bedroom painted in Rough Ride
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1 Dining Room Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Rough Ride (PPG1036-5) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Rough Ride paint in a traditional dining room
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1 Front Door Photo
Rough Ride (PPG1036-5) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: An LRV of 23 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room. Test it under direct sun, porch shade and evening exterior light.
classy front door featuring Rough Ride by PPG
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1 Kitchen Photo
In a hardworking room where color meets movement and strong surfaces, the most interesting quality of Rough Ride (PPG1036-5) may be the way it responds to stone, timber, tile and metal finishes. The blue, grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Rough Ride — industrial kitchen
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1 Patio Photo
1 patio image trace Rough Ride (PPG1036-5) through the broad shift from bright afternoon to dusk. The blue, grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
boho patio featuring Rough Ride by PPG
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1 Home Office Photo
The transition between focused work and the rest of the home can draw different notes from Rough Ride (PPG1036-5). The blue, grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
PPG Rough Ride in a scandinavian home office
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1 House Photo
The façade’s movement through sun, shade and season can draw different notes from Rough Ride (PPG1036-5). The blue, grey hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
Rough Ride — mediterranean house
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1 Living Room Photo
1 generated visualization explores how the color might shape the finished space. Together they show Rough Ride (PPG1036-5) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
A minimalist living room painted in Rough Ride
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1 Mudroom Photo
Viewed across 1 mudroom image in a practical threshold where the outdoors enters the home, Rough Ride (PPG1036-5) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 23 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Rough Ride paint in a small mudroom
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Coordinating Colors
Sourdough reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 23), opening up a space where Rough Ride encloses it.
With LRVs of 23 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Trim Color
Horseradish reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 23), opening up a space where Rough Ride encloses it.
At LRV 88 vs 23, Delicate White is decisively the brighter choice.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Rough Ride is a saturated, cool, thunderstorm gray with an algae undertone. It is a perfect paint color for a stunning accent wall or in a living or dining room. Pair it with warm gold décor.