Match Northern Exposure
PPG Northern Exposure is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 57. 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.
With LRVs of 57 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 57 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 57 and 57, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 57 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Northern Exposure reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 57 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
The ΔE 4.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
The ΔE 5.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 57 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 59 and 57, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 71 vs 57, S 0515-R80B is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 7.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.