Match Cool Clay
PPG Cool Clay 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 33 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 35 and 33, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 33), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Desert Pink reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (33 vs 29) makes Cool Clay the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Cool Clay reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.9 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 7.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Cool Clay reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.4 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 8.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (36 vs 33) makes Dead Salmon the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.