Rose Shadow vs Alyssum
Rose Shadow is a Cloverdale Paint color while Alyssum comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the pink-red family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 72 and 71, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.4, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Rose Shadow vs Alyssum in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Rose Shadow and Alyssum 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Rose Shadow vs Alyssum Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rose Shadow on one side and Alyssum 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 Rose Shadow comparisons
See how Rose Shadow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 69) makes Rose Shadow the marginally brighter of the two.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 52, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 30, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (72 vs 60) makes Rose Shadow the marginally brighter of the two.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 43, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 4, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (84 vs 72) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 21, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Rose Shadow reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Rose Shadow reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 41, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Rose Shadow the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 25, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Rose Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 31, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 7, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 24, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 57, Rose Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.