Match Sandpaper
PPG Sandpaper is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 47. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 47), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Angel Breath reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (52 vs 47) makes Smoky Salmon the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 47 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 47 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 47 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 49 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 2005-Y40R reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 47 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 12.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.