Magnolia Home → PPG
PPG equivalent of Magnolia Home Cut Cedar JG-131
The closest PPG colour is French Toast (PPG15-24), at ΔE 0.74 — indistinguishable.
French Toast is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.74 the difference is smaller than most people can see on a wall, and smaller than the shift between two batches of the same colour.
Why people switch between Magnolia Home and PPG
Most people comparing Magnolia Home to PPG are not shopping for a new colour. They have already chosen one, and then hit a price difference or a painter who buys from a single supplier. The question is what goes on the wall instead.
How close French Toast really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.74indistinguishable
- LRV
- 7Magnolia Home is 6.81
- Hex
- #544642#544744 in Magnolia Home
Nearly the same lightness.
Magnolia Home and PPG publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: French Toast reads slightly darker than Cut Cedar in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other PPG options
Worth knowing if French Toast is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Chocolate Croissant PPG16-24ΔE 1.89 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated.
- Black Walnut PPG1014-7ΔE 1.92 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.8 points lower.
- Dark Granite PPG1005-7ΔE 2.15 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.8 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See Magnolia Home Cut Cedar JG-131 matched across all 13 brands →