Orleans Tune vs Dover Surf
Where Orleans Tune belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dover Surf is a Valspar color. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Orleans Tune (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than Dover Surf (LRV 53), a difference of 8 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 14.4, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Orleans Tune vs Dover Surf in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Orleans Tune and Dover Surf 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Orleans Tune gives the walls a little more lift.
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. Orleans Tune reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Orleans Tune vs Dover Surf Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Orleans Tune on one side and Dover Surf 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 Orleans Tune comparisons
See how Orleans Tune stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 61, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 6, Orleans Tune is decisively the brighter choice.
Orleans Tune reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Orleans Tune reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Orleans Tune the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 61 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (61 vs 58) makes Orleans Tune the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 27, Orleans Tune is decisively the brighter choice.
Orleans Tune reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Orleans Tune reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (61 vs 55) makes Orleans Tune the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 13, Orleans Tune is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 44, Orleans Tune is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 61), opening up a space where Orleans Tune encloses it.
Orleans Tune reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (66 vs 61) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 61, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 61, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Orleans Tune reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Orleans Tune is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 8, Orleans Tune is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Orleans Tune reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Orleans Tune is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 45, Orleans Tune is decisively the brighter choice.
Orleans Tune reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.