Match Black Spruce
PPG Black Spruce is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 7. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
With LRVs of 7 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 8 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 7 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Pine green reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 8 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 8 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 7 vs 7), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 7 and 5, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 6010-G10Y reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Dark Teal reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.