High Style vs Driftwood Blues
Where High Style belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Driftwood Blues is a Valspar color. High Style reads as blue, while Driftwood Blues reads as blue-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (46 vs 46), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. With a ΔE of 13.3, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
High Style vs Driftwood Blues in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing High Style and Driftwood Blues 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. 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.
Color Details
High Style vs Driftwood Blues Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see High Style on one side and Driftwood Blues 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 High Style comparisons
See how High Style stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 46, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 46), opening up a space where High Style encloses it.
High Style reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 30, High Style is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 46, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
High Style reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 46 vs 4, High Style is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
High Style reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 46, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 21, High Style is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 46), opening up a space where High Style encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 46), opening up a space where High Style encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 46), opening up a space where High Style encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (51 vs 46) makes Pigeon the marginally brighter of the two.
High Style reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
High Style reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 46), opening up a space where High Style encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (46 vs 41) makes High Style the marginally brighter of the two.
High Style reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 46 vs 31, High Style is decisively the brighter choice.