Follow the Leader vs RAL 780-3
Where Follow the Leader belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, RAL 780-3 is a RAL Effect color. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (59 vs 57), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 1.3, 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.
Follow the Leader vs RAL 780-3 in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Follow the Leader and RAL 780-3 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.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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
Follow the Leader vs RAL 780-3 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Follow the Leader on one side and RAL 780-3 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 Follow the Leader comparisons
See how Follow the Leader stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 59, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 6, Follow the Leader is decisively the brighter choice.
Follow the Leader reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Follow the Leader reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (59 vs 52) makes Follow the Leader the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 60 and 59, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 59 vs 27, Follow the Leader is decisively the brighter choice.
Follow the Leader reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Follow the Leader reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (59 vs 55) makes Follow the Leader the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 13, Follow the Leader is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 44, Follow the Leader is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 59), opening up a space where Follow the Leader encloses it.
Follow the Leader reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (66 vs 59) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 59, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 59, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Follow the Leader reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 59 vs 12, Follow the Leader is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 8, Follow the Leader is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (68 vs 59) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Follow the Leader reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 12, Follow the Leader is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 45, Follow the Leader is decisively the brighter choice.
Follow the Leader reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.