Match Serene Sea
PPG Serene Sea is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 36. 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 38 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 36 and 34, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Arabella reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Serene Sea reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Serene Sea reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (36 vs 32) makes Serene Sea the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Nordic Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 40 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (36 vs 29) makes Serene Sea the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Serene Sea reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 12-point LRV gap (48 vs 36) makes V356 the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 36 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 14.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 38 and 36, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 14.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Driftwood Blues reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 16.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.