Match Mental Note
PPG Mental Note is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 84. 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 84 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 84 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (88 vs 84) makes Mountain Air the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 3-point LRV gap (87 vs 84) makes Hidden Jade the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 86 vs 84), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 84 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 85 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (84 vs 81) makes Mental Note the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Mental Note reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (84 vs 76) makes Mental Note the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Cleanroom white reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 84), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 84 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 84 vs 69, Mental Note is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 8.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.