Match RAL 490-1
RAL Effect RAL 490-1 is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 70. 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 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
RAL 490-1 reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
RAL 490-1 reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
RAL 490-1 reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
RAL 490-1 reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (70 vs 65) makes RAL 490-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 70 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
