Evening Star vs Babouche
Where Evening Star belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Babouche is a Farrow & Ball color. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Evening Star (LRV 70) reflects noticeably more light than Babouche (LRV 57), a difference of 13 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 10.5, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Evening Star vs Babouche in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Evening Star and Babouche 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 Evening Star will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Babouche 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. Evening Star reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Babouche.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Evening Star reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Babouche.
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. Evening Star 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. Evening Star reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Babouche.
Color Details
Evening Star vs Babouche Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Evening Star on one side and Babouche 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.
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