Island Moment vs Dix Blue
Where Island Moment belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Island Moment belongs to the blue family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Dix Blue (LRV 41) reflects noticeably more light than Island Moment (LRV 38), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 22.3, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Island Moment vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Island Moment and Dix Blue 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Dix Blue gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Dix Blue reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Dix Blue has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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. Dix Blue reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Island Moment vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Island Moment on one side and Dix Blue 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 Island Moment comparisons
See how Island Moment stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 52 vs 38, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 60 vs 38, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 38), opening up a space where Island Moment encloses it.
Island Moment reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (43 vs 38) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 38 vs 4, Island Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 38), opening up a space where Island Moment encloses it.
Island Moment reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 38, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 38 vs 21, Island Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 38), opening up a space where Island Moment encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 38), opening up a space where Island Moment encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 38), opening up a space where Island Moment encloses it.
Island Moment reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 38), opening up a space where Island Moment encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 38, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 38 vs 25, Island Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
Island Moment reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (38 vs 31) makes Island Moment the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 38 vs 7, Island Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 38 vs 24, Island Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 38, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 38, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.