Clear Skies vs Denim Drift
Where Clear Skies belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Denim Drift is a Dulux color. These are both blue-greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within blue-grey to land. Clear Skies (LRV 55) reflects noticeably more light than Denim Drift (LRV 27), a difference of 28 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 22.2, 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.
Clear Skies vs Denim Drift in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Clear Skies and Denim Drift 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 Clear Skies will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Denim Drift 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. Clear Skies reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Denim Drift.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Clear Skies returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Clear Skies reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Denim Drift.
Color Details
Clear Skies vs Denim Drift Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Clear Skies on one side and Denim Drift 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 Clear Skies comparisons
See how Clear Skies stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 55), opening up a space where Clear Skies encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 55, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 6, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
Clear Skies reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (55 vs 52) makes Clear Skies the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 13, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (55 vs 44) makes Clear Skies the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 55), opening up a space where Clear Skies encloses it.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 55, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Clear Skies reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 8, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 55, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Clear Skies is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (55 vs 45) makes Clear Skies the marginally brighter of the two.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Clear Skies reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.