Lemon Dream vs Sun Dust 2
Where Lemon Dream belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Sun Dust 2 is a Dulux color. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Sun Dust 2 (LRV 49) reflects noticeably more light than Lemon Dream (LRV 46), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 13.8, 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.
Lemon Dream vs Sun Dust 2 in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Lemon Dream and Sun Dust 2 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 — Sun Dust 2 gives the walls a little more lift.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Sun Dust 2 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. Sun Dust 2 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. Sun Dust 2 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Lemon Dream vs Sun Dust 2 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lemon Dream on one side and Sun Dust 2 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 Lemon Dream comparisons
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A 12-point LRV gap (58 vs 46) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
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At LRV 46 vs 12, Lemon Dream is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 46 vs 12, Lemon Dream is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
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Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.