Match Dresden Dream
PPG Dresden Dream is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 38. 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 38 and 37, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 38 and 38, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Dresden Dream reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 39 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 38 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Dresden Dream reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Rain reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
RAL 170-2 reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (46 vs 38) makes Driftwood Blues the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Dresden Dream reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.