Very helpful Lori. Thanks.

Good job Lori!

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Lori, could you please show me where Dorian Gray falls on the Color wheel you posted above. I'm concerned it may be too dark as an exterior paint ? (my Southern CA home faces North) It has an LRV of 39 where as Mindful Gray as an LRV of 48.

Will a higher LRV make a home look brighter"& cheerful.? Thank you.

Here ya go. In terms of LRV, you're talkin' a difference of 9 (48 - 39 = 9). I wouldn't let LRV be a factor in choosing between Mindful Gray and Dorian Gray. Here's why.

This is where the Value notation comes in handy. LRV is a quantity. It's tells you how light a color literally *is*. Value is a perception. It tells you how bright/light that LRV *looks*, how it's perceived by the human eye.

Mindful has an LRV of 49, Dorian Gray LRV 38 - HOWEVER - perceptually they both have a Value of 7. They're different in terms of luminance but look the same in terms of lightness and brightness. (and that's why I include both Value with an eyeball icon and LRV with a sunshine icon in the Colorography)

Thank you so much ! I think the Dorian Gray may go just a teeny tad better with the red door color I chose but have been flip flopping between DGray and MGray