Match Mandarin
Behr Mandarin is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 35. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 34), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Mandarin reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (46 vs 35) makes Cocktail Hour the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 5.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 35 vs 32), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Pastel yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.1 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 50 vs 35, Fandango Fun is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 13.0 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Mandarin reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 15.4 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 35 vs 21, Mandarin is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 17.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At LRV 35 vs 22, Mandarin is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 19.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
With LRVs of 35 and 33, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 22.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.