Ice Flow vs Livid
Where Ice Flow belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Livid is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Ice Flow belongs to the grey family and Livid to the blue-green family. Ice Flow has an LRV of 55. With a ΔE of 27.8, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Ice Flow vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Ice Flow and Livid 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.
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.
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.
Color Details
Ice Flow vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Ice Flow on one side and Livid 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 Ice Flow comparisons
See how Ice Flow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 55), opening up a space where Ice Flow encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (55 vs 52) makes Ice Flow the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 55 vs 30, Ice Flow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (60 vs 55) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 58 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Ice Flow reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (55 vs 43) makes Ice Flow the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 55 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Ice Flow reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Ice Flow encloses it.
Ice Flow reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Ice Flow reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 55), opening up a space where Ice Flow encloses it.
Ice Flow reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Ice Flow reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 31, Ice Flow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 7, Ice Flow is decisively the brighter choice.