Pendula Garden vs Denim Drift
Where Pendula Garden belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Denim Drift is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Pendula Garden belongs to the grey family and Denim Drift to the blue-grey family. Denim Drift (LRV 27) reflects noticeably more light than Pendula Garden (LRV 23), a difference of 4 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 19.8, 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.
Pendula Garden vs Denim Drift in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pendula Garden and Denim Drift 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 — Denim Drift gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Denim Drift reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Denim Drift has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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. Denim Drift reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Pendula Garden vs Denim Drift Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pendula Garden on one side and Denim Drift 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 Pendula Garden comparisons
See how Pendula Garden stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 23), opening up a space where Pendula Garden encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 23, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 23 vs 6, Pendula Garden is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 23), opening up a space where Pendula Garden encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 23, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 23), opening up a space where Pendula Garden encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 23, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 23), opening up a space where Pendula Garden encloses it.
Pendula Garden reflects far more light (LRV 23 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 23, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (23 vs 13) makes Pendula Garden the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 23, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 23), opening up a space where Pendula Garden encloses it.
With LRVs of 23 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 66 vs 23, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 23, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 23, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 23), opening up a space where Pendula Garden encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (23 vs 12) makes Pendula Garden the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 23 vs 8, Pendula Garden is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 23, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 23), opening up a space where Pendula Garden encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (23 vs 12) makes Pendula Garden the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 23, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pendula Garden reflects far more light (LRV 23 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.