Match Purple Brown
Little Greene Purple Brown is a deep, low-reflectance shade, warm in character with an LRV of 1. 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 2 and 1, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 1 and 1, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Black red reads slightly lighter (LRV 5 vs 1), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 4 vs 1), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 9.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (5 vs 1) makes Wenge the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Orion Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 1), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 4-point LRV gap (5 vs 1) makes Night Jewels 1 the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 3 and 1, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 14.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 2 and 1, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 15.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Pitch Black reads slightly lighter (LRV 5 vs 1), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 18.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Starless Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 5 vs 1), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 20.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 4-point LRV gap (5 vs 1) makes S 8000-N the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 20.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Midnight reads slightly lighter (LRV 6 vs 1), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 21.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 6-point LRV gap (7 vs 1) makes Blackened Black the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 24.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.