Match Merino
Cloverdale Paint Merino is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 58. 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 59 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 58 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (61 vs 58) makes Ivory Ridge the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 58 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (58 vs 55) makes Merino the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 59 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (58 vs 53) makes Merino the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 3.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Rabbit's Foot reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
At LRV 71 vs 58, Oyster white is decisively the brighter choice. The ΔE 6.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.