Metro vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where Metro belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Metro belongs to the grey family and Slaked Lime Deep to the beige family. Metro has an LRV of 67. With a ΔE of 12.6, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Metro vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Metro and Slaked Lime Deep 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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
Metro vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Metro on one side and Slaked Lime Deep 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 Metro comparisons
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At LRV 67 vs 27, Metro is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 67 vs 55, Metro is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 44, Metro is decisively the brighter choice.
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Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 67 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (74 vs 67) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 67 vs 12, Metro is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 67 vs 12, Metro is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 45, Metro is decisively the brighter choice.
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