Match Minimal
PPG Minimal 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.
With LRVs of 84 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 84 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 84), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.2 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 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
First Light reads slightly lighter (LRV 92 vs 84), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Minimal reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (89 vs 84) makes Cleanroom white the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
At LRV 84 vs 72, Minimal is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 9.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
