Illuminating Experience vs Icy Bay
Where Illuminating Experience belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Icy Bay is a PPG color. These are both green-whites, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within green-white to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (76 vs 78), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 1.1, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Illuminating Experience vs Icy Bay in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Illuminating Experience and Icy Bay 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. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Illuminating Experience vs Icy Bay Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Illuminating Experience on one side and Icy Bay 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 Illuminating Experience comparisons
See how Illuminating Experience stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (76 vs 69) makes Illuminating Experience the marginally brighter of the two.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 52, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 30, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 60, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 43, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 4, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (84 vs 76) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 76 vs 21, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
Illuminating Experience reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 76 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 76 vs 41, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (76 vs 68) makes Illuminating Experience the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 76 vs 25, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 31, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 7, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 24, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 57, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.