Olive Tint vs Evergreen Fog
Where Olive Tint belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Evergreen Fog is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Olive Tint belongs to the beige-yellow family and Evergreen Fog to the green-grey family. Olive Tint (LRV 83) reflects noticeably more light than Evergreen Fog (LRV 30), a difference of 53 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 30.7, 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.
Olive Tint vs Evergreen Fog in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Olive Tint and Evergreen Fog 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 Olive Tint will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Evergreen Fog 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. Olive Tint reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Evergreen Fog.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Olive Tint reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Evergreen Fog.
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. Olive Tint reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Evergreen Fog.
Color Details
Olive Tint vs Evergreen Fog Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Olive Tint on one side and Evergreen Fog 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 Olive Tint comparisons
See how Olive Tint stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 83 vs 6, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 52, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 58, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 27, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 55, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 13, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 44, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 66, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes Olive Tint the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 8, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 68, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 45, Olive Tint is decisively the brighter choice.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Olive Tint reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.