Match Violets Are Blue
PPG Violets Are Blue is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 26. 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.
A 5-point LRV gap (26 vs 21) makes Violets Are Blue the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 27 and 26, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (34 vs 26) makes Mystic Iris the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Violets Are Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Violets Are Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Violets Are Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 17), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Violets Are Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Periwinkle reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 26), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 26 vs 12, Violets Are Blue is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 15.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 7-point LRV gap (26 vs 19) makes Violets Are Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 15.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 26 vs 25), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 17.7 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
S 3010-R80B reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 26), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 30.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Violets Are Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 26 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 31.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 12-point LRV gap (26 vs 14) makes Violets Are Blue the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 32.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.