Palmetto Bluff vs Expance
Palmetto Bluff (Cloverdale Paint) and Expance (Tikkurila) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 52 vs 51 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. A ΔE of 0.7 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Palmetto Bluff vs Expance in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Palmetto Bluff and Expance 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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Color Details
Palmetto Bluff vs Expance Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Palmetto Bluff on one side and Expance 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 Palmetto Bluff comparisons
See how Palmetto Bluff stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 52), opening up a space where Palmetto Bluff encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 52, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Palmetto Bluff reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 52 vs 30, Palmetto Bluff is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 8-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Palmetto Bluff reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (52 vs 43) makes Palmetto Bluff the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 52 vs 4, Palmetto Bluff is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Palmetto Bluff reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Palmetto Bluff reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 52, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 21, Palmetto Bluff is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 52), opening up a space where Palmetto Bluff encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 52), opening up a space where Palmetto Bluff encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 52), opening up a space where Palmetto Bluff encloses it.
Palmetto Bluff reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 52), opening up a space where Palmetto Bluff encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (52 vs 41) makes Palmetto Bluff the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 25, Palmetto Bluff is decisively the brighter choice.
Palmetto Bluff reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Palmetto Bluff reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 31, Palmetto Bluff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 7, Palmetto Bluff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 24, Palmetto Bluff is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (57 vs 52) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.