Mella Yella vs Tranquil Dawn
Where Mella Yella belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Tranquil Dawn is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Mella Yella belongs to the beige-yellow family and Tranquil Dawn to the green-grey family. Mella Yella (LRV 73) reflects noticeably more light than Tranquil Dawn (LRV 55), a difference of 18 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 27.6, 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.
Mella Yella vs Tranquil Dawn in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mella Yella and Tranquil Dawn 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 Mella Yella will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Tranquil Dawn 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. Mella Yella reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tranquil Dawn.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Mella Yella reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tranquil Dawn.
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. Mella Yella 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. Mella Yella reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tranquil Dawn.
Color Details
Mella Yella vs Tranquil Dawn Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mella Yella on one side and Tranquil Dawn 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 Mella Yella comparisons
See how Mella Yella stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 10-point LRV gap (83 vs 73) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Mella Yella reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 73 vs 6, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 52, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 58, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 27, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 13, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 44, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (73 vs 66) makes Mella Yella the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (83 vs 73) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 73 vs 12, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (73 vs 68) makes Mella Yella the marginally brighter of the two.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Mella Yella reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 12, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 45, Mella Yella is decisively the brighter choice.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Mella Yella reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 73 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.