Old Grey Mare vs Dix Blue
Where Old Grey Mare belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Old Grey Mare belongs to the grey family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Old Grey Mare (LRV 68) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 27 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 18.3, 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.
Old Grey Mare vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Old Grey Mare and Dix Blue 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 Old Grey Mare will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue 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. Old Grey Mare reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
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. Old Grey Mare 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. Old Grey Mare reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Color Details
Old Grey Mare vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Old Grey Mare on one side and Dix Blue 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 Old Grey Mare comparisons
See how Old Grey Mare stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 68 vs 52, Old Grey Mare is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Old Grey Mare the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 27, Old Grey Mare is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 68 vs 55, Old Grey Mare is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 13, Old Grey Mare is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 44, Old Grey Mare is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 68, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Old Grey Mare is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Old Grey Mare reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Old Grey Mare is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 45, Old Grey Mare is decisively the brighter choice.
Old Grey Mare reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Old Grey Mare reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Old Grey Mare reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
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Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.