Match Summer Rain
PPG Summer Rain is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 79. 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 79 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (79 vs 76) makes Summer Rain the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 0.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 79 and 77, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Calm Thoughts reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 79 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Summer Rain reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 76), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 79 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (83 vs 79) makes Apple White the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 81 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Summer Rain reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 1002-Y20R reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (79 vs 69) makes Summer Rain the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.