Match Applesauce Cake
PPG Applesauce Cake is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 38. 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 39 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 38 and 37, 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 3-point LRV gap (41 vs 38) makes Hedgehog the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Stonebriar reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 39 and 38, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 38 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
RAL 780-4 reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 37), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 12-point LRV gap (50 vs 38) makes Cellini Gold the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 11-point LRV gap (49 vs 38) makes Wild Wonder the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Applesauce Cake reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Applesauce Cake reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.