Heavenly Garden vs Wandering Willow
Where Heavenly Garden belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Wandering Willow is a PPG color. Hue-wise, Heavenly Garden belongs to the green-grey family and Wandering Willow to the grey family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (37 vs 38), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Heavenly Garden vs Wandering Willow in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Heavenly Garden and Wandering Willow 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Heavenly Garden vs Wandering Willow Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Heavenly Garden on one side and Wandering Willow 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 Heavenly Garden comparisons
See how Heavenly Garden stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 37, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 37), opening up a space where Heavenly Garden encloses it.
Heavenly Garden reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 37, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (37 vs 30) makes Heavenly Garden the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 37), opening up a space where Heavenly Garden encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 37, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 37), opening up a space where Heavenly Garden encloses it.
Heavenly Garden reads slightly lighter (LRV 37 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (43 vs 37) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 37 vs 4, Heavenly Garden is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 37), opening up a space where Heavenly Garden encloses it.
Heavenly Garden reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 37, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 37 vs 21, Heavenly Garden is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 37), opening up a space where Heavenly Garden encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 37), opening up a space where Heavenly Garden encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 37), opening up a space where Heavenly Garden encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 37, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Heavenly Garden reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Heavenly Garden reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 37), opening up a space where Heavenly Garden encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (41 vs 37) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Heavenly Garden reflects far more light (LRV 37 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (37 vs 31) makes Heavenly Garden the marginally brighter of the two.