Coastal Fog vs Lichen
Where Coastal Fog belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Lichen is a Cloverdale Paint color. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Lichen (LRV 56) reflects noticeably more light than Coastal Fog (LRV 53), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. At ΔE 0.8, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Coastal Fog vs Lichen in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Coastal Fog and Lichen are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Coastal Fog vs Lichen Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Coastal Fog on one side and Lichen 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.
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