Match Ariel
PPG Ariel is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 65. 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.
Ariel reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 65 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 5-point LRV gap (65 vs 60) makes Ariel the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Ariel reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Ariel reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (72 vs 65) makes Summer Medley 4 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Ariel reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 0515-R80B reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Ariel reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 49), opening up a space where Blue Ground encloses it. At ΔE 10.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Ariel reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 6-point LRV gap (65 vs 59) makes Ariel the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 16.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.