Match Blue Bows
PPG Blue Bows is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 53. 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 3-point LRV gap (53 vs 50) makes Blue Bows the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Blue Bows reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (53 vs 48) makes Blue Bows the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 53), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 53), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (53 vs 45) makes Blue Bows the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
The ΔE 5.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
RAL 180-2 reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (53 vs 47) makes Blue Bows the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Blue Bows reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 71 vs 53, S 0515-R80B is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 11.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Telegrey 4 reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.