Match Rain Barrel
PPG Rain Barrel is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 19. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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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.


Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 19), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.


Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 19 vs 19), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 19 vs 19), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.


Dapper Tan reads slightly lighter (LRV 22 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.

A 4-point LRV gap (23 vs 19) makes Coriander Seed the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.


With LRVs of 19 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


A 3-point LRV gap (22 vs 19) makes Olive grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.

With LRVs of 19 and 18, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


With LRVs of 20 and 19, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 19), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.

Conglomerate reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.


A 7-point LRV gap (26 vs 19) makes Gooseberry Fool 2 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.


Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 19), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 11.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.


S 4010-Y50R reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.

