Match Golden Straw
PPG Golden Straw is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 81. 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 81 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 81 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Golden Straw reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Firefly reads slightly lighter (LRV 86 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Lemon Sponge Cake reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Vanilla Sundae reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 81), 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 81 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Golden Straw reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 75), 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 ΔE of 10.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 9-point LRV gap (81 vs 72) makes Golden Straw the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Golden Straw reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Golden Straw reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 58), opening up a space where Ivory encloses it. At ΔE 17.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Golden Straw reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 26.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.