Match Paraffin
PPG Paraffin is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 75. 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 75 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Vintage Chandelier reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 0.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 75 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 76 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 76 and 75, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Paraffin reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 5-point LRV gap (75 vs 70) makes Paraffin the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
