Love In A Mist vs RAL 480-3
Where Love In A Mist belongs to PPG's range, RAL 480-3 is a RAL Effect color. These are both pink-reds, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within pink-red to land. RAL 480-3 (LRV 59) reflects noticeably more light than Love In A Mist (LRV 54), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Love In A Mist vs RAL 480-3 in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Love In A Mist and RAL 480-3 are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The brightness difference is modest but present — RAL 480-3 gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. RAL 480-3 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. RAL 480-3 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. RAL 480-3 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. RAL 480-3 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Love In A Mist vs RAL 480-3 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Love In A Mist on one side and RAL 480-3 on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Love In A Mist comparisons
See how Love In A Mist stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Love In A Mist encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 54, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Love In A Mist reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 54 vs 30, Love In A Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (60 vs 54) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Love In A Mist reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (54 vs 43) makes Love In A Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 54 vs 4, Love In A Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Love In A Mist reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Love In A Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 54, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 21, Love In A Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 54), opening up a space where Love In A Mist encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Love In A Mist encloses it.
Love In A Mist reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 54), opening up a space where Love In A Mist encloses it.
At LRV 54 vs 41, Love In A Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 54, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 25, Love In A Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Love In A Mist reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Love In A Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 54 vs 31, Love In A Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 7, Love In A Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 24, Love In A Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (57 vs 54) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.