Match Cool Yellow
PPG Cool Yellow is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 82. 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 82 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 82 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 83 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 83 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 82 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 82 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (82 vs 75) makes Cool Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 82 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (82 vs 78) makes Cool Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Cool Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 82 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 82 and 80, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Cleanroom white reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 82), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 0502-Y reads slightly lighter (LRV 87 vs 82), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.