Match Orange Essential
PPG Orange Essential is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 34. 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 36 and 34, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 34 and 34, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (40 vs 34) makes Alexandra Peach the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Holland Tile reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 34 vs 32), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (34 vs 27) makes Orange Essential the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (42 vs 34) makes Naperon the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 10-point LRV gap (44 vs 34) makes RAL 430-2 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (34 vs 29) makes Orange Essential the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 51 vs 34, Siesta is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 12.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 34 vs 33), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 13.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Orange Essential reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 14.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.