Lemon Sponge Cake vs Glisten Yellow
Where Lemon Sponge Cake belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Glisten Yellow is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the beige-yellow family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Lemon Sponge Cake (LRV 84) reflects noticeably more light than Glisten Yellow (LRV 79), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. At ΔE 1.9, 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.
Lemon Sponge Cake vs Glisten Yellow in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Lemon Sponge Cake and Glisten Yellow 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Lemon Sponge Cake 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. Lemon Sponge Cake reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Lemon Sponge Cake 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. Lemon Sponge Cake 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. Lemon Sponge Cake reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Lemon Sponge Cake vs Glisten Yellow Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lemon Sponge Cake on one side and Glisten Yellow 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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At LRV 84 vs 6, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
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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.
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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.
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At LRV 84 vs 45, Lemon Sponge Cake is decisively the brighter choice.
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