Chenille vs Soft Maplewood 5
Chenille (Cloverdale Paint) and Soft Maplewood 5 (Dulux) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 4-point LRV gap — 67 for Soft Maplewood 5 vs 63 for Chenille — means Soft Maplewood 5 will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 2.1 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chenille vs Soft Maplewood 5 in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Chenille and Soft Maplewood 5 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. Soft Maplewood 5 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Chenille vs Soft Maplewood 5 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chenille on one side and Soft Maplewood 5 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 Chenille comparisons
See how Chenille stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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A 3-point LRV gap (63 vs 60) makes Chenille the marginally brighter of the two.
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At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
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Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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