Heart to Heart vs Roasted Red
Where Heart to Heart belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Roasted Red is a Dulux color. Both sit in the pink-red family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Heart to Heart (LRV 24) reflects noticeably more light than Roasted Red (LRV 14), a difference of 10 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 11.6, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Heart to Heart vs Roasted Red in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Heart to Heart and Roasted Red 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 Heart to Heart will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Roasted Red would.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Heart to Heart reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Roasted Red.
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. Heart to Heart returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Heart to Heart vs Roasted Red Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Heart to Heart on one side and Roasted Red 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 Heart to Heart comparisons
See how Heart to Heart stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 24), opening up a space where Heart to Heart encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 24, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 24 vs 6, Heart to Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 24), opening up a space where Heart to Heart encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 24, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 24), opening up a space where Heart to Heart encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 24, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (27 vs 24) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 24), opening up a space where Heart to Heart encloses it.
Heart to Heart reflects far more light (LRV 24 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 24, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (24 vs 13) makes Heart to Heart the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 24, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 24), opening up a space where Heart to Heart encloses it.
With LRVs of 24 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 66 vs 24, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 24, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 24, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 24), opening up a space where Heart to Heart encloses it.
At LRV 24 vs 12, Heart to Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 24 vs 8, Heart to Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 24, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 24), opening up a space where Heart to Heart encloses it.
At LRV 24 vs 12, Heart to Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 24, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.