Meadowsweet vs Ammonite
Where Meadowsweet belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Ammonite is a Farrow & Ball color. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Ammonite (LRV 69) reflects noticeably more light than Meadowsweet (LRV 54), a difference of 15 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 11.0, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Meadowsweet vs Ammonite in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Meadowsweet and Ammonite 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. The LRV gap is large enough that Ammonite will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Meadowsweet would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Ammonite reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Meadowsweet.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Ammonite reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Meadowsweet.
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. Ammonite returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Ammonite reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Meadowsweet.
Color Details
Meadowsweet vs Ammonite Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Meadowsweet on one side and Ammonite 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 Meadowsweet comparisons
See how Meadowsweet stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 54 vs 6, Meadowsweet is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 54 vs 27, Meadowsweet is decisively the brighter choice.
Meadowsweet reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Meadowsweet reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 54 vs 13, Meadowsweet is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (54 vs 44) makes Meadowsweet the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 54), opening up a space where Meadowsweet encloses it.
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A 12-point LRV gap (66 vs 54) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 54, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 54, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 12, Meadowsweet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 54, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
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Meadowsweet reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 54 vs 12, Meadowsweet is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (54 vs 45) makes Meadowsweet the marginally brighter of the two.
Meadowsweet reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
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Meadowsweet reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 54), opening up a space where Meadowsweet encloses it.