Buttered Popcorn vs Dix Blue
Buttered Popcorn is a Cloverdale Paint color while Dix Blue comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Buttered Popcorn belongs to the beige-red family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. At LRV 61 vs 41, Buttered Popcorn will read as the brighter of the two — a 20-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. At ΔE 81.8, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Buttered Popcorn vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Buttered Popcorn and Dix Blue 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
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. Buttered Popcorn returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Buttered Popcorn will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue would.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. Buttered Popcorn reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The LRV gap is large enough that Buttered Popcorn will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue would.
Color Details
Buttered Popcorn vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Buttered Popcorn on one side and Dix Blue 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 Buttered Popcorn comparisons
See how Buttered Popcorn stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 61 vs 6, Buttered Popcorn is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttered Popcorn reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Buttered Popcorn reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Buttered Popcorn the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 61 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (61 vs 58) makes Buttered Popcorn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 27, Buttered Popcorn is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttered Popcorn reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Buttered Popcorn reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (61 vs 55) makes Buttered Popcorn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 13, Buttered Popcorn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 44, Buttered Popcorn is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 61), opening up a space where Buttered Popcorn encloses it.
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A 5-point LRV gap (66 vs 61) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 61, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 61, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttered Popcorn reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Buttered Popcorn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 8, Buttered Popcorn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Buttered Popcorn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 45, Buttered Popcorn is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttered Popcorn reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Buttered Popcorn reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.