Match Sweet Gardenia
PPG Sweet Gardenia is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 78. 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 78 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Julie's Dream reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 78 and 77, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 78 and 77, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (81 vs 78) makes White Meadow the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Tailor Tack reads slightly lighter (LRV 82 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 80 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 78 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 81 and 78, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 78 and 76, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 7-point LRV gap (85 vs 78) makes S 0502-Y50R the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 79 vs 78), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Sweet Gardenia reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.