Lemon Sponge Cake vs Vanilla Sundae
Lemon Sponge Cake is a Cloverdale Paint color while Vanilla Sundae comes from Dulux. Hue-wise, Lemon Sponge Cake belongs to the beige-yellow family and Vanilla Sundae to the beige family. With LRVs of 84 and 85, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.5, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Lemon Sponge Cake vs Vanilla Sundae in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Lemon Sponge Cake and Vanilla Sundae 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Lemon Sponge Cake vs Vanilla Sundae Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lemon Sponge Cake on one side and Vanilla Sundae 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.
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Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 84 vs 6, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 52, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 27, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 13, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 44, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 66, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Lemon Sponge Cake the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 8, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 45, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemon Sponge Cake reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.