Match Dolce
PPG Dolce is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 10. 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 10 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
At LRV 85 vs 10, Nice Cream is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 10 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 3-point LRV gap (13 vs 10) makes Smoked Oak the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
