Overcast Day vs Dix Blue
Where Overcast Day belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Both sit in the blue-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Dix Blue (LRV 41) reflects noticeably more light than Overcast Day (LRV 33), a difference of 8 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 10.8, 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.
Overcast Day vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Overcast Day 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 Dix Blue will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Overcast Day 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. Dix Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Overcast Day.
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. Dix Blue 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. Dix Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Overcast Day.
Color Details
Overcast Day vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Overcast Day 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 Overcast Day comparisons
See how Overcast Day stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 33), opening up a space where Overcast Day encloses it.
Overcast Day reflects far more light (LRV 33 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 33, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 33 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 33), opening up a space where Overcast Day encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 33, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 33), opening up a space where Overcast Day encloses it.
Overcast Day reads slightly lighter (LRV 33 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (43 vs 33) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 33 vs 4, Overcast Day is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 33), opening up a space where Overcast Day encloses it.
Overcast Day reflects far more light (LRV 33 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 33, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (33 vs 21) makes Overcast Day the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 33), opening up a space where Overcast Day encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 33), opening up a space where Overcast Day encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 33), opening up a space where Overcast Day encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 33, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Overcast Day reflects far more light (LRV 33 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Overcast Day reflects far more light (LRV 33 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 33), opening up a space where Overcast Day encloses it.
Overcast Day reflects far more light (LRV 33 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 33), opening up a space where Overcast Day encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 33 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 33 vs 7, Overcast Day is decisively the brighter choice.