Chalk vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where Chalk belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Chalk has an LRV of 85. With a ΔE of 14.1, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chalk vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chalk and Slaked Lime Deep 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. 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.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Chalk vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chalk on one side and Slaked Lime Deep 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 Chalk comparisons
See how Chalk stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Chalk reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 58, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 27, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice.
Chalk reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 55, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 44, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 85 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 85 vs 66, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (85 vs 74) makes Chalk the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 68, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 45, Chalk is decisively the brighter choice.
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