Match Violet Whimsey
PPG Violet Whimsey is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 68. 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 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Pale Orchid reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Violet White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 9-point LRV gap (77 vs 68) makes RAL 160-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Violet Whimsey reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 11-point LRV gap (68 vs 57) makes Violet Whimsey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Violet Whimsey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Violet Whimsey reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Violet Whimsey reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.