Blanca vs Alabaster
Where Blanca belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Alabaster is a Sherwin-Williams color. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (80 vs 82), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 1.5, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Blanca vs Alabaster in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Blanca and Alabaster 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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
Blanca vs Alabaster Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Blanca on one side and Alabaster 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 Blanca comparisons
See how Blanca stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 3-point LRV gap (83 vs 80) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Blanca reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Blanca reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Blanca reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 58, Blanca is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 27, Blanca is decisively the brighter choice.
Blanca reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 55, Blanca is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 44, Blanca is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 80 vs 66, Blanca is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (80 vs 74) makes Blanca the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 80 vs 12, Blanca is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (80 vs 68) makes Blanca the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 80 vs 12, Blanca is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 45, Blanca is decisively the brighter choice.
Blanca reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Blanca reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Blanca reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Blanca reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.