Match Sterling Silver
PPG Sterling Silver is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 42. 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 42 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 43 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Morning Jewel 4 reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 43 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Sterling Silver reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 42 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 42 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Sterling Silver reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Sterling Silver reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Driftwood Blues reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (42 vs 36) makes Sterling Silver the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 11.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.