Match Primrose Garden
PPG Primrose Garden is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 42. 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 42 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 42 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 42 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Primrose Garden reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 8-point LRV gap (42 vs 34) makes Primrose Garden the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 42 vs 28, Primrose Garden is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 13.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Primrose Garden reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 17.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Primrose Garden reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 25), opening up a space where Carmine encloses it. At ΔE 17.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 42 vs 29, Primrose Garden is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 18.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 42 vs 25, Primrose Garden is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 19.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 42 vs 27, Primrose Garden is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 21.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 10-point LRV gap (42 vs 33) makes Primrose Garden the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 31.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.