Meadow Grass vs Bonsai Tint
Where Meadow Grass belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Bonsai Tint is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Meadow Grass belongs to the green family and Bonsai Tint to the green-yellow family. Meadow Grass (LRV 63) reflects noticeably more light than Bonsai Tint (LRV 60), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. At ΔE 1.7, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Meadow Grass vs Bonsai Tint in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Meadow Grass and Bonsai Tint 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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Meadow Grass vs Bonsai Tint Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Meadow Grass on one side and Bonsai Tint 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 Meadow Grass comparisons
See how Meadow Grass stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Meadow Grass encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (69 vs 63) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Meadow Grass the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
Meadow Grass reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Meadow Grass reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 4, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
Meadow Grass reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 21, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Meadow Grass encloses it.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 63 vs 41, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 25, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 7, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 24, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 57) makes Meadow Grass the marginally brighter of the two.