Nomadic Travels vs Passive
Nomadic Travels is a Cloverdale Paint color while Passive comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 62 and 60, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.2, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Nomadic Travels vs Passive in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Nomadic Travels and Passive 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Nomadic Travels vs Passive Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Nomadic Travels on one side and Passive 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 Nomadic Travels comparisons
See how Nomadic Travels stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 62, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 6, Nomadic Travels is decisively the brighter choice.
Nomadic Travels reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Nomadic Travels reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Nomadic Travels the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 62 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (62 vs 58) makes Nomadic Travels the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 27, Nomadic Travels is decisively the brighter choice.
Nomadic Travels reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Nomadic Travels reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (62 vs 55) makes Nomadic Travels the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 13, Nomadic Travels is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 44, Nomadic Travels is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 62), opening up a space where Nomadic Travels encloses it.
Nomadic Travels reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (66 vs 62) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 62, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 62, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Nomadic Travels reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 62 vs 12, Nomadic Travels is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 8, Nomadic Travels is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (68 vs 62) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Nomadic Travels reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 12, Nomadic Travels is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 45, Nomadic Travels is decisively the brighter choice.
Nomadic Travels reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.