Broadway Lights vs Tranquil Dawn

Broadway LightsCloverdale PaintvsTranquil DawnDuluxΔE 48.8Very different colors

Where Broadway Lights belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Tranquil Dawn is a Dulux color. Broadway Lights reads as beige-yellow, while Tranquil Dawn reads as green-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Broadway Lights (LRV 76) reflects noticeably more light than Tranquil Dawn (LRV 55), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 48.8, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.

Broadway Lights vs Tranquil Dawn in Real Spaces

5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Broadway Lights and Tranquil Dawn 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

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 Broadway Lights will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Tranquil Dawn would.

Broadway LightsBroadway Lights 0856 by Cloverdale Paint — Living Room

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Bedroom

The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Broadway Lights reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tranquil Dawn.

Broadway LightsBroadway Lights 0856 by Cloverdale Paint — Bedroom

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Kitchen

In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Broadway Lights reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tranquil Dawn.

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Dining Room

A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Broadway Lights returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.

Broadway LightsBroadway Lights 0856 by Cloverdale Paint — Dining Room

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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. Broadway Lights reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tranquil Dawn.

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Color Details

Broadway Lights
Cloverdale Paint · 0856
Hex#FFDF7B
LRV76.0
BrandCloverdale Paint
Number0856
Undertone
Temperature
BrightnessLight
Tranquil Dawn
Dulux · 45GY 55/052
Hex#BDC3B9
LRV55.0
BrandDulux
Number45GY 55/052
Undertone
TemperatureNeutral
BrightnessMedium

Broadway Lights vs Tranquil Dawn Simulated Comparison

5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Broadway Lights on one side and Tranquil Dawn on the other.

Bathroom
Bedroom
House
Kitchen Cabinets
Living Room

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 Broadway Lights comparisons

See how Broadway Lights stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.

White Dove
Broadway Lights
White Dove
Broadway Lights
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

A 7-point LRV gap (83 vs 76) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.

Broadway Lights
Ammonite
Broadway Lights
Ammonite
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
Farrow & Ball
Ammonite
LRV 69

Broadway Lights reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Broadway Lights
Iron Ore
Broadway Lights
Iron Ore
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

At LRV 76 vs 6, Broadway Lights is decisively the brighter choice.

Broadway Lights
Purbeck Stone
Broadway Lights
Purbeck Stone
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.

Broadway Lights
Evergreen Fog
Broadway Lights
Evergreen Fog
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.

Broadway Lights
Mizzle
Broadway Lights
Mizzle
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
Farrow & Ball
Mizzle
LRV 52

At LRV 76 vs 52, Broadway Lights is decisively the brighter choice.

Broadway Lights
Agreeable Gray
Broadway Lights
Agreeable Gray
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.

Broadway Lights
Accessible Beige
Broadway Lights
Accessible Beige
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

At LRV 76 vs 58, Broadway Lights is decisively the brighter choice.

Broadway Lights
Denim Drift
Broadway Lights
Denim Drift
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

At LRV 76 vs 27, Broadway Lights is decisively the brighter choice.

Broadway Lights
French Gray
Broadway Lights
French Gray
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.

Broadway Lights
Naval
Broadway Lights
Naval
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
Sherwin-Williams
Naval
LRV 4

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.

Broadway Lights
Bancha
Broadway Lights
Bancha
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
Farrow & Ball
Bancha
LRV 13

At LRV 76 vs 13, Broadway Lights is decisively the brighter choice.

Broadway Lights
Hardwick White
Broadway Lights
Hardwick White
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

At LRV 76 vs 44, Broadway Lights is decisively the brighter choice.

Broadway Lights
Pure White
Broadway Lights
Pure White
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Broadway Lights
Artichoke
Broadway Lights
Artichoke
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
Sherwin-Williams
Artichoke
LRV 21

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.

Balboa Mist
Broadway Lights
Balboa Mist
Broadway Lights
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

A 10-point LRV gap (76 vs 66) makes Broadway Lights the marginally brighter of the two.

Broadway Lights
Shoji White
Broadway Lights
Shoji White
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.

Broadway Lights
Snowbound
Broadway Lights
Snowbound
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
Sherwin-Williams
Snowbound
LRV 83

A 7-point LRV gap (83 vs 76) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.

Broadway Lights
Pewter Green
Broadway Lights
Pewter Green
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

At LRV 76 vs 12, Broadway Lights is decisively the brighter choice.

Broadway Lights
Skimming Stone
Broadway Lights
Skimming Stone
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

A 8-point LRV gap (76 vs 68) makes Broadway Lights the marginally brighter of the two.

Broadway Lights
Dix Blue
Broadway Lights
Dix Blue
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
Farrow & Ball
Dix Blue
LRV 41

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.

Broadway Lights
Calamine
Broadway Lights
Calamine
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
Farrow & Ball
Calamine
LRV 68

Broadway Lights reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Broadway Lights
Treron
Broadway Lights
Treron
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
Farrow & Ball
Treron
LRV 25

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.

Vintage Vogue
Broadway Lights
Vintage Vogue
Broadway Lights
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

At LRV 76 vs 12, Broadway Lights is decisively the brighter choice.

Saybrook Sage
Broadway Lights
Saybrook Sage
Broadway Lights
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

At LRV 76 vs 45, Broadway Lights is decisively the brighter choice.

Broadway Lights
Pale Green
Broadway Lights
Pale Green
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
RAL ClassicClassic
Pale Green
LRV 31

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.

Broadway Lights
Pine Needle
Broadway Lights
Pine Needle
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.

Broadway Lights
Cement grey
Broadway Lights
Cement grey
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76
RAL ClassicClassic
Cement grey
LRV 24

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.

Guilford Green
Broadway Lights
Guilford Green
Broadway Lights
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

Broadway Lights reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.

Broadway Lights
Just Walnut
Broadway Lights
Just Walnut
Cloverdale Paint
Broadway Lights
0856 · LRV 76

Broadway Lights reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.