Palatine vs Cromarty
Palatine (Cloverdale Paint) and Cromarty (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Palatine belongs to the beige-greige family and Cromarty to the greige-grey family. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 58 vs 60 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. ΔE 3.2 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Palatine vs Cromarty in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Palatine and Cromarty 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. 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
Palatine vs Cromarty Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Palatine on one side and Cromarty 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 Palatine comparisons
See how Palatine stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 58), opening up a space where Palatine encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes Palatine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 30, Palatine is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 58 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Palatine reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 43, Palatine is decisively the brighter choice.
Palatine reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Palatine reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where Palatine encloses it.
Palatine reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Palatine reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Palatine reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 31, Palatine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 7, Palatine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 24, Palatine is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.