Carrot Cake vs Ammonite
Where Carrot Cake belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Ammonite is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Carrot Cake belongs to the pink-red family and Ammonite to the beige-greige family. Ammonite (LRV 69) reflects noticeably more light than Carrot Cake (LRV 16), a difference of 53 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 52.8, 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.
Carrot Cake vs Ammonite in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Carrot Cake and Ammonite 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 Ammonite will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Carrot Cake would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Ammonite reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Carrot Cake.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Ammonite reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Carrot Cake.
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. Ammonite returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Ammonite reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Carrot Cake.
Color Details
Carrot Cake vs Ammonite Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Carrot Cake on one side and Ammonite 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 Carrot Cake comparisons
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Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 16, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (16 vs 4) makes Carrot Cake the marginally brighter of the two.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 16), opening up a space where Carrot Cake encloses it.
With LRVs of 16 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 16), opening up a space where Carrot Cake encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 16, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (21 vs 16) makes Artichoke the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 16), opening up a space where Carrot Cake encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 16), opening up a space where Carrot Cake encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 16), opening up a space where Carrot Cake encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 16, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Carrot Cake reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Carrot Cake reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 16), opening up a space where Carrot Cake encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 16, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
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Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 16), opening up a space where Carrot Cake encloses it.
At LRV 31 vs 16, Pale Green is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (16 vs 7) makes Carrot Cake the marginally brighter of the two.