Match Carrot Cake
PPG Carrot Cake is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 33. 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.
Outgoing Orange reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (33 vs 30) makes Carrot Cake the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Heat of Summer reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Carrot Cake reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 28), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 35 and 33, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 33 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 34 vs 33), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 9.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (37 vs 33) makes Bella the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 50 vs 33, Fandango Fun is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Pastel yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 33 and 33, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 14.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 33 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 14.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 11-point LRV gap (33 vs 22) makes Carrot Cake the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 16.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 4-point LRV gap (37 vs 33) makes India Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 17.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.