Match Smoked Salmon
PPG Smoked Salmon 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.
With LRVs of 36 and 34, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 36 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 36 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Animated Coral reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 36 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Smoked Salmon reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 31), 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 11-point LRV gap (36 vs 25) makes Smoked Salmon the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Smoked Salmon reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Smoked Salmon reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 13.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 8-point LRV gap (36 vs 28) makes Smoked Salmon the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 14.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 37 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 17.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Smoked Salmon reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 18.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Smoked Salmon reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 26.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.