Match Apollo Gold
PPG Apollo Gold is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 49. 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 49 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (53 vs 49) makes Classical Gold the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes Apollo Gold the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 49 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes Apollo Gold the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Apollo Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Apollo Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Sunlight reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Apollo Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 14.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Apollo Gold reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 33), opening up a space where S 3030-Y30R encloses it. At ΔE 17.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Apollo Gold reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 31), opening up a space where Pinch of Clove encloses it. At ΔE 23.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.