Baseline vs Livid
Baseline (Cloverdale Paint) and Livid (Little Greene) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Baseline belongs to the green-white family and Livid to the blue-green family. Baseline has an LRV of 86. A ΔE of 43.8 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Baseline vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Baseline 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.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. 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
Baseline vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Baseline 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 Baseline comparisons
See how Baseline stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 3-point LRV gap (86 vs 83) makes Baseline the marginally brighter of the two.
Baseline reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Baseline reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Baseline reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 58, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 27, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
Baseline reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 86 vs 55, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 44, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 86 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 86 vs 66, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 74, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 12, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 8, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 68, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 12, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 86 vs 45, Baseline is decisively the brighter choice.
Baseline reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Baseline reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.