Dream Catcher vs Mellow Blue
Dream Catcher and Mellow Blue come from the same Cloverdale Paint collection. Hue-wise, Dream Catcher belongs to the green-white family and Mellow Blue to the blue-green family. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 77 vs 76 — 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dream Catcher vs Mellow Blue in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Dream Catcher and Mellow Blue 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.
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. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
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
Dream Catcher vs Mellow Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dream Catcher on one side and Mellow Blue 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 Dream Catcher comparisons
See how Dream Catcher stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 8-point LRV gap (77 vs 69) makes Dream Catcher the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 52, Dream Catcher is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 30, Dream Catcher is decisively the brighter choice.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 60, Dream Catcher is decisively the brighter choice.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 43, Dream Catcher is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 4, Dream Catcher is decisively the brighter choice.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (84 vs 77) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 77 vs 21, Dream Catcher is decisively the brighter choice.
Dream Catcher reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 77 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 77 vs 51, Dream Catcher is decisively the brighter choice.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Dream Catcher reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 77 vs 41, Dream Catcher is decisively the brighter choice.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Dream Catcher reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 31, Dream Catcher is decisively the brighter choice.