Match Calabash
PPG Calabash is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 78. 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 78 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 78 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Yellow Tail reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (78 vs 70) makes Calabash the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Calabash reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 78 and 77, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Calabash reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 21.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 6-point LRV gap (78 vs 72) makes Calabash the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 21.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Calabash reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 52), opening up a space where Green beige encloses it. At ΔE 22.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 78 vs 53, Calabash is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 35.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.