Match Tainted Gold
PPG Tainted Gold is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 65. 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 67 vs 65), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Flourish reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 67 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 65 and 63, 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 66 vs 65), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Venetian Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 65), opening up a space where Tainted Gold encloses it. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (75 vs 65) makes Dayroom Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 77 vs 65, Lemon Tropics is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 79 vs 65, Joy is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 7.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Tainted Gold reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 53), opening up a space where Oak Apple encloses it. At ΔE 9.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 65 vs 52, Tainted Gold is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 12.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 5-point LRV gap (70 vs 65) makes Fresh Pasta the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Timid Absinthe reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Tainted Gold reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 53), opening up a space where S 2010-G50Y encloses it. At ΔE 26.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.