Magenta Red Lips vs Smalt
Where Magenta Red Lips belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Smalt is a Little Greene color. Magenta Red Lips reads as purple-red, while Smalt reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Magenta Red Lips (LRV 9) reflects noticeably more light than Smalt (LRV 6), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 19.2, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Magenta Red Lips vs Smalt in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Magenta Red Lips and Smalt 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. 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.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Magenta Red Lips vs Smalt Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Magenta Red Lips on one side and Smalt 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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