Let It Rain vs Livid
Let It Rain is a Cloverdale Paint color while Livid comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Let It Rain belongs to the grey family and Livid to the blue-green family. Let It Rain has an LRV of 49. At ΔE 25.6, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Let It Rain vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Let It Rain and Livid 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
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Let It Rain vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Let It Rain on one side and Livid 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 Let It Rain comparisons
See how Let It Rain stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 49, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Let It Rain encloses it.
Let It Rain reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 49 vs 30, Let It Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 11-point LRV gap (60 vs 49) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Let It Rain reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes Let It Rain the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 4, Let It Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Let It Rain reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Let It Rain reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 49, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 21, Let It Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 49), opening up a space where Let It Rain encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 49), opening up a space where Let It Rain encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Let It Rain encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Let It Rain reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Let It Rain reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 49), opening up a space where Let It Rain encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (49 vs 41) makes Let It Rain the marginally brighter of the two.
Let It Rain reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Let It Rain reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 31, Let It Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 7, Let It Rain is decisively the brighter choice.