Match Oyster Cracker
PPG Oyster Cracker is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 85. 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 85 and 82, 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 3-point LRV gap (85 vs 82) makes Oyster Cracker the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 85 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 86 and 85, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 7-point LRV gap (92 vs 85) makes First Light the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 85 and 85, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 87 vs 85), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (85 vs 78) makes Oyster Cracker the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Cleanroom white reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 85), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Oyster Cracker reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 85 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 87 and 85, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 9.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Oyster Cracker reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 72), opening up a space where Timid Absinthe encloses it. At ΔE 10.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.