Match Windsor Purple
PPG Windsor Purple is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 48. 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 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 49 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Sea Lavender reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (48 vs 42) makes Windsor Purple the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (48 vs 42) makes Windsor Purple the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (53 vs 48) makes Amethyst Showers 3 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (56 vs 48) makes Sugared Almond the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Windsor Purple reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes Classic Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 17.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 48 vs 36, Windsor Purple is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 19.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 19.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 48 vs 28, Windsor Purple is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 19.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 6-point LRV gap (48 vs 42) makes Windsor Purple the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 19.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.