Cheese Please vs Barley Twist
Cheese Please (Cloverdale Paint) and Barley Twist (Dulux) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Cheese Please belongs to the beige-yellow family and Barley Twist to the beige family. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 79 vs 77 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. A ΔE of 1.4 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cheese Please vs Barley Twist in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Cheese Please and Barley Twist are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
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. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Color Details
Cheese Please vs Barley Twist Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cheese Please on one side and Barley Twist 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 Cheese Please comparisons
See how Cheese Please stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (79 vs 69) makes Cheese Please the marginally brighter of the two.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 52, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 30, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 60, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 43, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 4, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (84 vs 79) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 79 vs 21, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Cheese Please reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 79), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Cheese Please reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 79 vs 41, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (79 vs 68) makes Cheese Please the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 79 vs 25, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Cheese Please reflects far more light (LRV 79 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 79 vs 31, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 7, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 24, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 79 vs 57, Cheese Please is decisively the brighter choice.