Cave Painting vs Denim Drift
Where Cave Painting belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Denim Drift is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Cave Painting belongs to the beige family and Denim Drift to the blue-grey family. Cave Painting (LRV 53) reflects noticeably more light than Denim Drift (LRV 27), a difference of 26 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 27.2, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cave Painting vs Denim Drift in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cave Painting and Denim Drift 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 Cave Painting will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Denim Drift 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. Cave Painting reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Denim Drift.
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. Cave Painting 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. Cave Painting reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Denim Drift.
Color Details
Cave Painting vs Denim Drift Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cave Painting on one side and Denim Drift 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 Cave Painting comparisons
See how Cave Painting stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 53, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Cave Painting encloses it.
Cave Painting reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 53 vs 30, Cave Painting is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 53 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 53) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (53 vs 43) makes Cave Painting the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 53 vs 4, Cave Painting is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Cave Painting reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Cave Painting reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 53, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 21, Cave Painting is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 53), opening up a space where Cave Painting encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 53), opening up a space where Cave Painting encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Cave Painting encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Cave Painting reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Cave Painting reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where Cave Painting encloses it.
At LRV 53 vs 41, Cave Painting is decisively the brighter choice.
Cave Painting reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Cave Painting reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 53 vs 31, Cave Painting is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 7, Cave Painting is decisively the brighter choice.