Match Honesty
PPG Honesty 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 82 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 81 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 82 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 84 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 81 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Signal White reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Honesty reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 81 vs 69, Honesty is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 6.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.