Match Desert Dawn
PPG Desert Dawn is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 75. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Desert Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (79 vs 75) makes Easter Bonnet the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Desert Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (75 vs 69) makes Desert Dawn the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (75 vs 72) makes Desert Dawn the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (75 vs 70) makes Desert Dawn the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Desert Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Desert Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 75 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 75 vs 62, Desert Dawn is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (75 vs 69) makes Desert Dawn the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Signal White reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.