Match Chalk
Cloverdale Paint Chalk is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 85. 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 87 vs 85), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 85 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 86 and 85, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 87 vs 85), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 84), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Chalk reads slightly lighter (LRV 85 vs 82), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (89 vs 85) makes Cleanroom white the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 84), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
At LRV 85 vs 70, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 7.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.