Shining Scale vs Cement grey
Where Shining Scale belongs to PPG's range, Cement grey is a RAL Classic color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Shining Scale (LRV 72) reflects noticeably more light than Cement grey (LRV 24), a difference of 48 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 35.0, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Shining Scale vs Cement grey in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Shining Scale and Cement grey in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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 LRV gap is large enough that Shining Scale will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Cement grey would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Shining Scale reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cement grey.
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. Shining Scale reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cement grey.
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. Shining Scale reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cement grey.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Shining Scale will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Cement grey would.
Color Details
Shining Scale vs Cement grey Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Shining Scale on one side and Cement grey 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 Shining Scale comparisons
See how Shining Scale stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 72 vs 6, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
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Shining Scale reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 52, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
Shining Scale reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 58, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 27, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
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Shining Scale reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 55, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 13, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 44, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shining Scale reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (72 vs 66) makes Shining Scale the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (83 vs 72) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Shining Scale reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 12, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 8, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Shining Scale the marginally brighter of the two.
Shining Scale reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 12, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 45, Shining Scale is decisively the brighter choice.
Shining Scale reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.