Liveliness vs Just Walnut

LivelinessCloverdale PaintvsJust WalnutDuluxΔE 18.8Distinct difference

Liveliness (Cloverdale Paint) and Just Walnut (Dulux) come from different manufacturers. Liveliness reads as beige, while Just Walnut reads as beige-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. The 5-point LRV gap — 77 for Liveliness vs 72 for Just Walnut — means Liveliness will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 18.8 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.

Liveliness vs Just Walnut in Real Spaces

5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Liveliness and Just Walnut 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

A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Liveliness reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.

LivelinessLiveliness 0979 by Cloverdale Paint — Living Room

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Just WalnutDulux Natural Taupe 3 living room interior

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Bedroom

Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Liveliness has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.

LivelinessLiveliness 0979 by Cloverdale Paint — Bedroom

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Just WalnutDulux Natural Taupe 3 bedroom interior

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Kitchen

Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Liveliness has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.

LivelinessLiveliness 0979 by Cloverdale Paint — Kitchen

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Just WalnutDulux Just Walnut 90YR 73/029 kitchen

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Dining Room

Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The brightness difference is modest but present — Liveliness gives the walls a little more lift.

LivelinessLiveliness 0979 by Cloverdale Paint — Dining Room

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Just WalnutDulux Just Walnut 90YR 73/029 dining room

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Bathroom

Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Liveliness has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.

LivelinessLiveliness 0979 by Cloverdale Paint — Bathroom

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Just WalnutDulux Just Walnut 90YR 73/029 bathroom

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Color Details

Liveliness
Cloverdale Paint · 0979
Hex#FDDFBA
LRV77.0
BrandCloverdale Paint
Number0979
Undertone
Temperature
BrightnessLight
Just Walnut
Dulux · 90YR 73/029
Hex#E0DAD5
LRV72.0
BrandDulux
Number90YR 73/029
Undertone
TemperatureWarm
BrightnessLight

Liveliness vs Just Walnut Simulated Comparison

5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Liveliness on one side and Just Walnut on the other.

Bathroom
Bedroom
House
Kitchen Cabinets
Living Room

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 Liveliness comparisons

See how Liveliness stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.

White Dove
Liveliness
White Dove
Liveliness
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Liveliness
Ammonite
Liveliness
Ammonite
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
Farrow & Ball
Ammonite
LRV 69

A 8-point LRV gap (77 vs 69) makes Liveliness the marginally brighter of the two.

Liveliness
Iron Ore
Liveliness
Iron Ore
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.

Liveliness
Purbeck Stone
Liveliness
Purbeck Stone
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

At LRV 77 vs 52, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Liveliness
Evergreen Fog
Liveliness
Evergreen Fog
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

At LRV 77 vs 30, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Liveliness
Mizzle
Liveliness
Mizzle
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
Farrow & Ball
Mizzle
LRV 52

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.

Liveliness
Agreeable Gray
Liveliness
Agreeable Gray
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

At LRV 77 vs 60, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Liveliness
Accessible Beige
Liveliness
Accessible Beige
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.

Liveliness
Denim Drift
Liveliness
Denim Drift
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.

Liveliness
French Gray
Liveliness
French Gray
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

At LRV 77 vs 43, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Liveliness
Naval
Liveliness
Naval
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
Sherwin-Williams
Naval
LRV 4

At LRV 77 vs 4, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Liveliness
Tranquil Dawn
Liveliness
Tranquil Dawn
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.

Liveliness
Bancha
Liveliness
Bancha
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
Farrow & Ball
Bancha
LRV 13

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.

Liveliness
Hardwick White
Liveliness
Hardwick White
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.

Liveliness
Pure White
Liveliness
Pure White
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

A 7-point LRV gap (84 vs 77) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.

Liveliness
Artichoke
Liveliness
Artichoke
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
Sherwin-Williams
Artichoke
LRV 21

At LRV 77 vs 21, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Balboa Mist
Liveliness
Balboa Mist
Liveliness
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Liveliness
Shoji White
Liveliness
Shoji White
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

With LRVs of 77 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.

Liveliness
Snowbound
Liveliness
Snowbound
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
Sherwin-Williams
Snowbound
LRV 83

Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Liveliness
Pewter Green
Liveliness
Pewter Green
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.

Liveliness
Skimming Stone
Liveliness
Skimming Stone
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.

Liveliness
Dix Blue
Liveliness
Dix Blue
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
Farrow & Ball
Dix Blue
LRV 41

At LRV 77 vs 41, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Liveliness
Calamine
Liveliness
Calamine
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
Farrow & Ball
Calamine
LRV 68

A 9-point LRV gap (77 vs 68) makes Liveliness the marginally brighter of the two.

Liveliness
Treron
Liveliness
Treron
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
Farrow & Ball
Treron
LRV 25

At LRV 77 vs 25, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Vintage Vogue
Liveliness
Vintage Vogue
Liveliness
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.

Saybrook Sage
Liveliness
Saybrook Sage
Liveliness
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

Liveliness reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.

Liveliness
Pale Green
Liveliness
Pale Green
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
RAL ClassicClassic
Pale Green
LRV 31

At LRV 77 vs 31, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Liveliness
Pine Needle
Liveliness
Pine Needle
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

At LRV 77 vs 7, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Liveliness
Cement grey
Liveliness
Cement grey
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77
RAL ClassicClassic
Cement grey
LRV 24

At LRV 77 vs 24, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.

Guilford Green
Liveliness
Guilford Green
Liveliness
Cloverdale Paint
Liveliness
0979 · LRV 77

At LRV 77 vs 57, Liveliness is decisively the brighter choice.