Match Sawdust
PPG Sawdust is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 77. 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 77 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Vanilla Sundae reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (80 vs 77) makes Vanilla Ice Cream the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 76), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Lemon Sponge Cake reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Sawdust reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Sawdust reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (77 vs 70) makes Sawdust the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (77 vs 72) makes Sawdust the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Sawdust reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 21.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.