Quill vs Dix Blue
Where Quill belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Quill belongs to the beige-greige family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Quill (LRV 49) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 8 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 15.9, 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.
Quill vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Quill and Dix Blue 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 — Quill 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. Quill 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. Quill 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. Quill reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Quill vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Quill on one side and Dix Blue 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 Quill comparisons
See how Quill stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 49 vs 27, Quill is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 6-point LRV gap (55 vs 49) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 44) makes Quill the marginally brighter of the two.
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At LRV 66 vs 49, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 49, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Quill is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 49, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Quill is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (49 vs 45) makes Quill the marginally brighter of the two.
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Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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