Magical Merlin

PPG Paints

Color Code:1241-5
Hex Code:#3D8ED0
RGB:61, 142, 208
LRV (Light Reflectance Value):approx. 24.9
Category:blue
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Magical Merlin in the light of your own room

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How Magical Merlin behaves on a wall

Our estimate, worked out from the hex colour, puts the light reflectance value of this PPG Paints shade at about 24.9; PPG Paints's own figure may differ. At an estimated LRV of 24.9 this is a dark shade. It absorbs far more light than it gives back, which reads as depth in a bright room and as gloom in a north-facing one. Expect to prime if you are covering something much lighter. For trim that reads as a clear edge rather than a smudge, aim about 30 LRV points away — roughly LRV 55 and up. With 147 points between its strongest and weakest channel it holds a readable blue cast, so it will not flatten into a neutral once it is on four walls. Order by the code, not the name, and put a test patch on the wall before you commit — a screen cannot show you how this shade behaves in your own light.

Magical Merlin equivalents in other paint brands

The closest color to PPG Paints Magical Merlin from each brand we carry, measured with CIEDE2000 on the manufacturers' published color values. Below 1 the difference is practically invisible; below 2 you'd only notice it with the chips side by side. Screens and printed chips aren't paint, so compare real samples before you buy. In the Muro app you can put two of them on a photo of your own wall and look at them in your light.

BrandClosest colorΔE 2000
StoStoColor 363101.8 Very close
SikkensT6.39.521.8 Very close
TitanluxTP-4772.0 Close
TollensBleu Cyclades CRF106-22.4 Close
ZolpanBleu Cyclades CRF106-22.4 Close
TikkurilaK3562.5 Close
ValsparStar Gazer 4008-8B2.5 Close
BrilluxScala 60.21.212.6 Close
JotunParrot Blue 42023.1 Close
DuluxRoyal Regatta 43.2 Close
Caparol3D Lazur 2003.3 Close

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