Match Radiant Rouge
PPG Radiant Rouge is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 49. 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 50 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
At LRV 49 vs 33, Radiant Rouge is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (52 vs 49) makes Crushed Roses the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 6-point LRV gap (55 vs 49) makes O Fortuna the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Radiant Rouge reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Radiant Rouge reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (57 vs 49) makes Noble Blush the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
RAL 480-3 reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 8.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Radiant Rouge reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Radiant Rouge reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 2002-Y50R reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.