New Orleans vs Livid
New Orleans (Behr) and Livid (Little Greene) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, New Orleans belongs to the blue-grey family and Livid to the blue-green family. New Orleans has an LRV of 16. Where New Orleans leans purple, Livid reads green — a distinction that shifts noticeably depending on the light source and surrounding finishes. A ΔE of 18.7 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
New Orleans vs Livid in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing New Orleans 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
New Orleans vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see New Orleans 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 New Orleans comparisons
See how New Orleans stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 16), opening up a space where New Orleans encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 16, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (16 vs 6) makes New Orleans the marginally brighter of the two.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 16), opening up a space where New Orleans encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 16), opening up a space where New Orleans encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 16, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 16), opening up a space where New Orleans encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 16, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (27 vs 16) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 16), opening up a space where New Orleans encloses it.
New Orleans reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 16, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 44 vs 16, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 16), opening up a space where New Orleans encloses it.
Artichoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 16, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 16, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 16, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 16), opening up a space where New Orleans encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 12) makes New Orleans the marginally brighter of the two.
A 7-point LRV gap (16 vs 8) makes New Orleans the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 16, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 16), opening up a space where New Orleans encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 12) makes New Orleans the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 16, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 16), opening up a space where New Orleans encloses it.
New Orleans reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.