Match Puturple
PPG Puturple is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 41. 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.
Puturple reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.7 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 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (41 vs 36) makes Puturple the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 41 vs 39), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (47 vs 41) makes Heather Plum the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 53 vs 41, Amethyst Showers 3 is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 11.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Puturple reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 56 vs 41, Sugared Almond is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 19.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 5-point LRV gap (41 vs 36) makes Puturple the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 19.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At ΔE 20.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 41 vs 28, Puturple is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 20.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 41 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 21.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 5-point LRV gap (46 vs 41) makes Driftwood Blues the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 22.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.