Fresh Cream vs Ammonite
Where Fresh Cream belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Ammonite is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Fresh Cream belongs to the beige-yellow family and Ammonite to the beige-greige family. Fresh Cream (LRV 90) reflects noticeably more light than Ammonite (LRV 69), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 11.2, 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.
Fresh Cream vs Ammonite in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Fresh Cream and Ammonite 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 Fresh Cream will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Ammonite 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. Fresh Cream reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Ammonite.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Fresh Cream reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Ammonite.
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. Fresh Cream 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. Fresh Cream reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Ammonite.
Color Details
Fresh Cream vs Ammonite Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fresh Cream on one side and Ammonite 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 Fresh Cream comparisons
See how Fresh Cream stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 7-point LRV gap (90 vs 83) makes Fresh Cream the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 90 vs 6, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
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Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 52, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 58, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 27, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 55, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 13, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 44, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Cream reads slightly lighter (LRV 90 vs 84), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 66, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 74, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (90 vs 83) makes Fresh Cream the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 90 vs 12, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 68, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 68), opening up a space where Calamine encloses it.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 12, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 90 vs 45, Fresh Cream is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Fresh Cream reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
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