Match Nostalgia
PPG Nostalgia is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 52. 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 52 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Fading Rose reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 53 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
At LRV 52 vs 33, Nostalgia is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Pocketful of Promise the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Sugared Almond reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Nostalgia reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
