Match Instant Relief
PPG Instant Relief is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 79. 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 79 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Instant Relief reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 0.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 79 and 76, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (83 vs 79) makes Hidden Paradise the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 4-point LRV gap (83 vs 79) makes Gardenia the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 81 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (84 vs 79) makes Silent White - Mid the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Cottage White reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 79), 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 80 vs 79), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 81 and 79, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (82 vs 79) makes Dough the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (79 vs 76) makes Instant Relief the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 9-point LRV gap (79 vs 70) makes Instant Relief the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (87 vs 79) makes S 0502-Y the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.