Match Merlins Beard
Cloverdale Paint Merlins Beard is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 77. 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.
A 3-point LRV gap (77 vs 74) makes Merlins Beard the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 0.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 77), 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 77 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 77 and 76, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (77 vs 74) makes Merlins Beard 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 80 vs 77), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 5-point LRV gap (82 vs 77) makes Tailor Tack the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Merlins Beard reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 76), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 75), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 76), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 3.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 5-point LRV gap (77 vs 72) makes Merlins Beard the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (77 vs 70) makes Merlins Beard the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.