Oyster vs Slaked Lime Deep
Oyster is a Cloverdale Paint color while Slaked Lime Deep comes from Little Greene. These are both beiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige to land. Oyster has an LRV of 63. At ΔE 4.1, the difference is perceptible but not dramatic — the two can work harmoniously in the same space. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Oyster vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Oyster and Slaked Lime Deep 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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Oyster vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Oyster on one side and Slaked Lime Deep 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 Oyster comparisons
See how Oyster stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Oyster encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Oyster the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Oyster reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Oyster reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 7, Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.