Match Purple Surf
PPG Purple Surf is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 32. 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 32 and 32, 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 32 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 34 and 32, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 32 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Brooklyn Nights 3 reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 29), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 32 and 32, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
M502 reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 32 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (36 vs 32) makes S 3010-R80B the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (32 vs 28) makes Purple Surf the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 6-point LRV gap (32 vs 26) makes Purple Surf the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Purple Surf reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
With LRVs of 33 and 32, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 12.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.