Great Joy (PPG 1120-3)
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Great Joy (PPG 1120-3) is a light, warm green from PPG Paints: LRV 76, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Great Joy
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Great Joy by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Great Joy, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Lacewing | SW 6729 | 74 | 1.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Cucumber | 428 | 75.2 | 1.1 | very close |
| Behr | Minty Frosting | T12-18 | 77.3 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Pale Tidepool | 5008-5A | 76 | 1.7 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints green colors nearest to Great Joy (LRV 76) by LRV.
Lighter than Great Joy
Darker than Great Joy
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1120-3 |
| Hex | #D8E6CB |
| RGB | 216, 230, 203 |
| HSL | 91°, 35%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 76 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.6, -9.4, 11.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Great Joy (PPG 1120-3), published as #D8E6CB
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#EAF0CB
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Great Joy (PPG 1120-3)?
- Great Joy has an LRV of 76. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Great Joy is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Great Joy in another brand?
- Minty Frosting (Behr T12-18) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Great Joy warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Great Joy as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.6; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.