Match Demeter
PPG Demeter is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 68. 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 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 8-point LRV gap (76 vs 68) makes Optimistic Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 68 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 85 vs 68, Vanilla Sundae is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 5.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 11-point LRV gap (79 vs 68) makes Joy the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (75 vs 68) makes RAL 250-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At ΔE 8.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 9.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Demeter the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Timid Absinthe reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Demeter reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where S 2010-G50Y encloses it. At ΔE 23.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.