Mix Or Match vs Naval
Where Mix Or Match belongs to PPG's range, Naval is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Mix Or Match belongs to the beige-greige family and Naval to the blue family. Mix Or Match (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than Naval (LRV 4), a difference of 56 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 59.9, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 8 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mix Or Match vs Naval in Real Spaces
8 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mix Or Match and Naval in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The LRV gap is large enough that Mix Or Match will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Naval would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Mix Or Match reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Naval.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Mix Or Match reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Naval.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Mix Or Match returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Mix Or Match reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Naval.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. Mix Or Match reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Naval.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Mix Or Match reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Naval.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Mix Or Match will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Naval would.
Color Details
Mix Or Match vs Naval Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mix Or Match on one side and Naval on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Mix Or Match comparisons
See how Mix Or Match stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 9-point LRV gap (69 vs 60) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Mix Or Match encloses it.
Mix Or Match reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Mix Or Match the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 30, Mix Or Match is decisively the brighter choice.
Mix Or Match reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Mix Or Match reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 43, Mix Or Match is decisively the brighter choice.
Mix Or Match reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Mix Or Match reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Mix Or Match reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 60, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 21, Mix Or Match is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 60), opening up a space where Mix Or Match encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Mix Or Match encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (60 vs 51) makes Mix Or Match the marginally brighter of the two.
Mix Or Match reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Mix Or Match reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 41, Mix Or Match is decisively the brighter choice.
Mix Or Match reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Mix Or Match reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 31, Mix Or Match is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 7, Mix Or Match is decisively the brighter choice.