Flour vs Steam
Flour (Cloverdale Paint) and Steam (Tikkurila) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Flour belongs to the white family and Steam to the greige-white family. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 81 vs 79 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. A ΔE of 1.3 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Flour vs Steam in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Flour and Steam 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.
Color Details
Flour vs Steam Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Flour on one side and Steam 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 Flour comparisons
See how Flour stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 83 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 81 vs 52, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 30, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 60, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 43, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Flour reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 68), opening up a space where Skimming Stone encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Flour reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 31, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 7, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 24, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 57, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.