Feldspar vs Livid
Feldspar (Cloverdale Paint) and Livid (Little Greene) come from different manufacturers. Feldspar reads as grey, while Livid reads as blue-green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Feldspar has an LRV of 47. A ΔE of 24.0 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Feldspar vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Feldspar 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
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. 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.
Color Details
Feldspar vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Feldspar 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 Feldspar comparisons
See how Feldspar stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 47, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Feldspar reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 47), opening up a space where Feldspar encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (58 vs 47) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 47 vs 27, Feldspar is decisively the brighter choice.
Feldspar reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (55 vs 47) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (47 vs 44) makes Feldspar the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 47), opening up a space where Feldspar encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 47, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 47, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 12, Feldspar is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 8, Feldspar is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 47, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 12, Feldspar is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Feldspar reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Feldspar reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.