Mental Note (PPG 1120-1)
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Mental Note (PPG 1120-1) is a very light, warm off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 84, so it reflects about 84 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Mental Note
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Mental Note by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Mental Note, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Spinach White | SW 6434 | 79 | 1.5 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Tint of Mint | 851 | 81.7 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Glisten Green | M360-1 | 85.5 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Light Moss | 7005-23 | 82 | 1.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Mental Note (LRV 84) by LRV.
Lighter than Mental Note
Darker than Mental Note
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1120-1 |
| Hex | #EAEEDE |
| RGB | 234, 238, 222 |
| HSL | 75°, 32%, 90% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 84 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 93.4, -4.1, 7.3 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Mental Note (PPG 1120-1), published as #EAEEDE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Mental Note (PPG 1120-1)?
- Mental Note has an LRV of 84. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Mental Note is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Mental Note in another brand?
- Tint of Mint (BM 851) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Mental Note warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Mental Note as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.3; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.