Match Dusty Yellow
PPG Dusty Yellow is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 72. 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 75 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 72 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (75 vs 72) makes Gold Strand the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 5-point LRV gap (72 vs 67) makes Dusty Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Buttercup Fool 5 reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 7-point LRV gap (79 vs 72) makes RAL 130-6 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Vanilla Ice Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 80 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Dusty Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Lemonade reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 72 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 72 vs 58, Dusty Yellow is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (72 vs 65) makes Dusty Yellow the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 18.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.