Match Gentle Glow
PPG Gentle Glow is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 77. 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 79 and 77, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Gentle Glow reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 79 and 77, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
G304 reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (77 vs 72) makes Gentle Glow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 76), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Gentle Glow reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (80 vs 77) makes Vanilla Ice Cream the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (77 vs 70) makes Gentle Glow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (77 vs 72) makes Gentle Glow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Gentle Glow reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Gentle Glow reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 16.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.