Match Sweet Sparrow
PPG Sweet Sparrow is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 30. 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.
A 4-point LRV gap (34 vs 30) makes Upon Reflection the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 30 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Toasted Sesame reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 30 vs 28), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 31 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
RAL 780-M reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (35 vs 30) makes Mexico the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (37 vs 30) makes Toffee the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 33 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 30 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (35 vs 30) makes Celtic Forest 2 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 9-point LRV gap (39 vs 30) makes Harvest Brown the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 30 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 13.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.