Match Pepper Red
Dulux Pepper Red is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 15. 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 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 16 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (15 vs 11) makes Pepper Red the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (15 vs 12) makes Pepper Red the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 14), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Pepper Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 15 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 16 and 15, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 13.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Pepper Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 15.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 8-point LRV gap (15 vs 7) makes Pepper Red the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 20.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 15), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 22.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 8-point LRV gap (15 vs 7) makes Pepper Red the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 22.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.