Bamboo vs Slaked Lime Deep
Bamboo is a Cloverdale Paint color while Slaked Lime Deep comes from Little Greene. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Bamboo has an LRV of 56. At ΔE 4.9, the difference is perceptible but not dramatic — the two can work harmoniously in the same space. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Bamboo vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Bamboo and Slaked Lime Deep 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
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.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. 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.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. 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
Bamboo vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Bamboo on one side and Slaked Lime Deep 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 Bamboo comparisons
See how Bamboo stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 56), opening up a space where Bamboo encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (56 vs 52) makes Bamboo the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 56 vs 30, Bamboo is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (60 vs 56) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 58 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Bamboo reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 43, Bamboo is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 56 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Bamboo reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 56, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 56), opening up a space where Bamboo encloses it.
Bamboo reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Bamboo reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 56), opening up a space where Bamboo encloses it.
Bamboo reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Bamboo reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 31, Bamboo is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 7, Bamboo is decisively the brighter choice.