Match Salted Pretzel
PPG Salted Pretzel is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 16. 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 17 and 16, 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 17 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 17 and 16, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (16 vs 13) makes Salted Pretzel the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Soft Brown reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 18 vs 16), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Olive grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 16 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (16 vs 13) makes Salted Pretzel the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 16 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Silt reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Salted Pretzel reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 6-point LRV gap (22 vs 16) makes Praline Melt the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.