Déjà Vu vs Livid
Where Déjà Vu belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Livid is a Little Greene color. Both sit in the blue-green family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Déjà Vu has an LRV of 63. With a ΔE of 32.0, 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.
Déjà Vu vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Déjà Vu and Livid 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.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
Déjà Vu vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Déjà Vu on one side and Livid 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 Déjà Vu comparisons
See how Déjà Vu stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Déjà Vu encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Déjà Vu the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Déjà Vu is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Déjà Vu reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Déjà Vu reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Déjà Vu is decisively the brighter choice.
Déjà Vu reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Déjà Vu reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Déjà Vu reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Déjà Vu reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Déjà Vu reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Déjà Vu reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Déjà Vu is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 7, Déjà Vu is decisively the brighter choice.