Match Earthy Ocher
PPG Earthy Ocher is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 34. 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 36 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Vintage Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Spice Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 34 and 33, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (37 vs 34) makes Toffee the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 35 and 34, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Peachy reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (39 vs 34) makes Harvest Brown the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Earthy Ocher reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Roman Plaster reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Wild Wonder reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 34), opening up a space where Earthy Ocher encloses it. At ΔE 9.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (34 vs 29) makes Earthy Ocher the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Earthy Ocher reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.