May Apple
PPG1225-5 · #93D499 · LRV 56 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3May Apple56
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is May Apple, Really?
May Apple reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1225-5 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for May Apple
May Apple is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes May Apple
At LRV 56, May Apple is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about May Apple are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint PPG / Glidden PPG1225-5 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Clean GreenSW 6933 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.7 | 61 | Color page → |
| Behr | Young GreenP390-4 · Behr | 0.7 | 56 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Paradise Hills Green550 · Benjamin Moore | 3.4 | 53 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Garden Sprout6004-9C · Valspar | 1.4 | 53.4 | Color page → |
| Glidden | May ApplePPG1225-5 · Glidden | 0.3 | 56 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Sweetened Green127-4DB · Dutch Boy | 4.3 | 52 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to May Apple within PPG / Glidden's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #93D499 in HSL space. Pair May Apple with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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