Cross-brand matchCross-brand matchSherwin-Williams SW 0012 translated into the PPG line
The closest PPG paint to Sherwin-Williams Empire Gold (SW 0012) is Welcome Home 1092-5, a delta-E of 1.53 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.
Welcome Home is 2.2 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as yellow against yellow, at chroma 31.9 and 30.8.
Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.
| PPG color | ΔE | LRV | Undertone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome Home1092-5 | 1.53 | 35.0 | yellow | Compare |
| Outback1088-5 | 2.9 | 38.0 | yellow | Compare |
| Bleached Maple1089-5 | 2.94 | 37.0 | yellow | Compare |
| Good Life1090-5 | 2.96 | 36.0 | yellow | Compare |
| Golden Granola1094-5 | 3.16 | 34.0 | yellow | Compare |
| Buffalo Hide1105-6 | 3.22 | 35.0 | yellow | Compare |