Bleached Meadow vs Gentle Lamb
Where Bleached Meadow belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Gentle Lamb is a Valspar color. Hue-wise, Bleached Meadow belongs to the beige-yellow family and Gentle Lamb to the beige family. Bleached Meadow (LRV 79) reflects noticeably more light than Gentle Lamb (LRV 70), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. The ΔE 3.9 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Bleached Meadow vs Gentle Lamb in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Bleached Meadow and Gentle Lamb 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 LRV gap is large enough that Bleached Meadow will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Gentle Lamb would.
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. Bleached Meadow reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Gentle Lamb.
Color Details
Bleached Meadow vs Gentle Lamb Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Bleached Meadow on one side and Gentle Lamb 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 Bleached Meadow comparisons
See how Bleached Meadow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 10-point LRV gap (79 vs 69) makes Bleached Meadow the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 52, Bleached Meadow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 30, Bleached Meadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 60, Bleached Meadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 43, Bleached Meadow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 4, Bleached Meadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (84 vs 79) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 79 vs 21, Bleached Meadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Bleached Meadow reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 79 vs 51, Bleached Meadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Bleached Meadow reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 79 vs 41, Bleached Meadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Bleached Meadow reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 31, Bleached Meadow is decisively the brighter choice.