Keepsakes vs Dover Surf
Where Keepsakes belongs to PPG's range, Dover Surf is a Valspar color. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Keepsakes (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than Dover Surf (LRV 53), a difference of 8 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. The ΔE 5.6 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Keepsakes vs Dover Surf in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Keepsakes and Dover Surf are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The brightness difference is modest but present — Keepsakes gives the walls a little more lift.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Keepsakes reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Keepsakes vs Dover Surf Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Keepsakes on one side and Dover Surf on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Keepsakes comparisons
See how Keepsakes stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Keepsakes encloses it.
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At LRV 61 vs 30, Keepsakes is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 61 vs 43, Keepsakes is decisively the brighter choice.
Keepsakes reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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At LRV 84 vs 61, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 61), opening up a space where Keepsakes encloses it.
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At LRV 61 vs 31, Keepsakes is decisively the brighter choice.