Match Hush Puppy
PPG Hush Puppy is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 48. 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 51 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (51 vs 48) makes Bedtime Story the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Peach Blossom reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Creole Cottage reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (53 vs 48) makes Crab Bisque the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (53 vs 48) makes Sunbaked Terracotta the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (48 vs 42) makes Hush Puppy the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes RAL 420-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 48 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 50 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 10.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Hush Puppy reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 11.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 48 vs 33, Hush Puppy is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 16.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.