Lavender Wash vs Cool Elegance
Where Lavender Wash belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Cool Elegance is a Cloverdale Paint color. Lavender Wash reads as blue-grey, while Cool Elegance reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (65 vs 64), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 2.4, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Lavender Wash vs Cool Elegance in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Lavender Wash and Cool Elegance 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.
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
Lavender Wash vs Cool Elegance Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lavender Wash on one side and Cool Elegance 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 Lavender Wash comparisons
See how Lavender Wash stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 4-point LRV gap (69 vs 65) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 65), opening up a space where Lavender Wash encloses it.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 52, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 30, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (65 vs 60) makes Lavender Wash the marginally brighter of the two.
Lavender Wash reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 43, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 4, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Wash reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 65, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 21, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 65), opening up a space where Lavender Wash encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 51, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 65 vs 41, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 31, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.