Match Bourbon
PPG Bourbon is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 15. 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 18 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 17 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Apple Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (18 vs 15) makes Green brown the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Sahara Wind reads slightly lighter (LRV 18 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Bourbon reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Spiced Honey reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 4-point LRV gap (15 vs 11) makes Bourbon the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 13.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
