Match Globe Thistle
PPG Globe Thistle is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 65. 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.
Globe Thistle reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 65 vs 62), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 65 and 64, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Globe Thistle reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 65 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 65 and 64, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Globe Thistle reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 0515-R80B reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Globe Thistle reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (65 vs 59) makes Globe Thistle the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 9-point LRV gap (65 vs 56) makes Globe Thistle the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 6-point LRV gap (65 vs 59) makes Globe Thistle the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.