Cheddar Cheese vs Duck Green
Cheddar Cheese (Cloverdale Paint) and Duck Green (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Cheddar Cheese belongs to the beige family and Duck Green to the green-grey family. The 29-point LRV gap — 37 for Cheddar Cheese vs 8 for Duck Green — means Cheddar Cheese will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 68.1 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cheddar Cheese vs Duck Green in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cheddar Cheese and Duck Green 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Cheddar Cheese reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Duck Green.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Cheddar Cheese returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Cheddar Cheese returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The LRV gap is large enough that Cheddar Cheese will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Duck Green would.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Cheddar Cheese returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Cheddar Cheese vs Duck Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cheddar Cheese on one side and Duck Green 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 Cheddar Cheese comparisons
See how Cheddar Cheese stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 37 vs 6, Cheddar Cheese is decisively the brighter choice.
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French Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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At LRV 37 vs 13, Cheddar Cheese is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 37 vs 12, Cheddar Cheese is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 37 vs 12, Cheddar Cheese is decisively the brighter choice.
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