Canvas vs RAL 120-5
Where Canvas belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, RAL 120-5 is a RAL Effect color. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (68 vs 70), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Canvas vs RAL 120-5 in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Canvas and RAL 120-5 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. 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Canvas vs RAL 120-5 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Canvas on one side and RAL 120-5 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 Canvas comparisons
See how Canvas stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Canvas encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 30, Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Canvas the marginally brighter of the two.
Canvas reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 43, Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 31, Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.