Pieces of Eight vs Tea with Florence
Where Pieces of Eight belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Tea with Florence is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Pieces of Eight belongs to the beige family and Tea with Florence to the blue family. Pieces of Eight (LRV 55) reflects noticeably more light than Tea with Florence (LRV 18), a difference of 37 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 82.6, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pieces of Eight vs Tea with Florence in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pieces of Eight and Tea with Florence 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 Pieces of Eight will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Tea with Florence 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. Pieces of Eight reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tea with Florence.
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. Pieces of Eight reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tea with Florence.
Color Details
Pieces of Eight vs Tea with Florence Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pieces of Eight on one side and Tea with Florence 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.
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