Match Blue Beard
PPG Blue Beard is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 46. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
View full Blue Beard color page →
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 46 and 44, 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 49 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Blue Beard reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Blue Beard reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (46 vs 43) makes Blue Beard the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 46 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Classic Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 10-point LRV gap (46 vs 36) makes Blue Beard the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Blue Beard reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.