Match Nutmeg Glow
PPG Nutmeg Glow is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 49. 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.
A 3-point LRV gap (52 vs 49) makes Beeswax the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 50 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (49 vs 45) makes Nutmeg Glow the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (52 vs 49) makes Faded Terracotta the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 49 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Tostada reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Playa reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Sunbaked Terracotta reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 49 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 65 vs 49, Cinnamon Foam is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 8.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
S 2005-Y40R reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 14.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.