Match Bulletin Board
PPG Bulletin Board is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 48. 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.
With LRVs of 48 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 50 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Honey Nut reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Pine Nut reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Madeleine reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), 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 50 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 48), 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 48 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 48 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 10-point LRV gap (58 vs 48) makes Hay the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Bulletin Board reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 49 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 13.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Bulletin Board reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 33), opening up a space where S 3030-Y30R encloses it. At ΔE 15.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.