Fern vs Green Onyx
Where Fern belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Green Onyx is a Sherwin-Williams color. Fern reads as greige-grey, while Green Onyx reads as green-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (33 vs 31), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 2.4, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Fern vs Green Onyx in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Fern and Green Onyx 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
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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Fern vs Green Onyx Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fern on one side and Green Onyx 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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