Match Subdued
PPG Subdued is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 50. 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 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Subdued reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Subdued reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Elephant's Breath reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
S 2002-Y50R reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Subdued reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (54 vs 50) makes Clay Figurine the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
