Chinese Jade vs Livid
Chinese Jade is a Behr color while Livid comes from Little Greene. Chinese Jade reads as yellow, while Livid reads as blue-green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Chinese Jade has an LRV of 61. They share a green quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 33.4, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chinese Jade vs Livid in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chinese Jade and Livid in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Chinese Jade vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chinese Jade on one side and Livid on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Chinese Jade comparisons
See how Chinese Jade stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 8-point LRV gap (69 vs 61) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Chinese Jade encloses it.
Chinese Jade reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Chinese Jade the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 30, Chinese Jade is decisively the brighter choice.
Chinese Jade reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Chinese Jade reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chinese Jade reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 43, Chinese Jade is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 4, Chinese Jade is decisively the brighter choice.
Chinese Jade reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chinese Jade reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Chinese Jade reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 61, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 21, Chinese Jade is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 61), opening up a space where Chinese Jade encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Chinese Jade encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (61 vs 51) makes Chinese Jade the marginally brighter of the two.
Chinese Jade reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Chinese Jade reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 61 vs 41, Chinese Jade is decisively the brighter choice.
Chinese Jade reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Chinese Jade reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 31, Chinese Jade is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 7, Chinese Jade is decisively the brighter choice.