Match Downpour
PPG Downpour is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 25. 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 25 and 25, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 25 and 24, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (29 vs 25) makes Grey aluminium the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Phoenix Fossil reads slightly lighter (LRV 28 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 26 and 25, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 26 vs 25), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Deep Fossil reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 25 vs 24), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (28 vs 25) makes Tabby Cat Gray the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
