Celestite vs Cement grey
Where Celestite belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Cement grey is a RAL Classic color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Celestite (LRV 63) reflects noticeably more light than Cement grey (LRV 24), a difference of 38 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 30.1, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Celestite vs Cement grey in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Celestite and Cement grey 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 Celestite will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Cement grey 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. Celestite reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cement grey.
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. Celestite reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cement grey.
Color Details
Celestite vs Cement grey Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Celestite on one side and Cement grey 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 Celestite comparisons
See how Celestite stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Celestite encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Celestite the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Celestite is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Celestite reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Celestite reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Celestite is decisively the brighter choice.
Celestite reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Celestite reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Celestite reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Celestite reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Celestite reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Celestite reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Celestite is decisively the brighter choice.