In Good Taste vs Snowbound
Where In Good Taste belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Snowbound is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, In Good Taste belongs to the blue-grey family and Snowbound to the beige-greige family. Snowbound (LRV 83) reflects noticeably more light than In Good Taste (LRV 33), a difference of 50 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 30.7, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
In Good Taste vs Snowbound in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing In Good Taste and Snowbound 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 Snowbound will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than In Good Taste would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than In Good Taste.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than In Good Taste.
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. Snowbound returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than In Good Taste.
Color Details
In Good Taste vs Snowbound Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see In Good Taste on one side and Snowbound 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 In Good Taste comparisons
See how In Good Taste stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 83 vs 33, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 33 vs 6, In Good Taste is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 33), opening up a space where In Good Taste encloses it.
With LRVs of 33 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 52 vs 33, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 33), opening up a space where In Good Taste encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 33, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (33 vs 27) makes In Good Taste the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
In Good Taste reflects far more light (LRV 33 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 33, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 33 vs 13, In Good Taste is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (44 vs 33) makes Hardwick White the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 33), opening up a space where In Good Taste encloses it.
In Good Taste reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 33, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 33, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 33), opening up a space where In Good Taste encloses it.
At LRV 33 vs 12, In Good Taste is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 33 vs 8, In Good Taste is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 33, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 33 vs 12, In Good Taste is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 33, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 33 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
In Good Taste reflects far more light (LRV 33 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.