Match April Showers
PPG April Showers is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 69. 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.
A 4-point LRV gap (73 vs 69) makes Lime Granita the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 72 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 69 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 69 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 71 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 69 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
RAL 130-5 reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
May Apple reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 69), opening up a space where April Showers encloses it. At ΔE 7.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (69 vs 61) makes April Showers the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 11-point LRV gap (69 vs 58) makes April Showers the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
April Showers reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 53), opening up a space where S 2010-G50Y encloses it. At ΔE 13.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.