Sand Island vs Dix Blue
Where Sand Island belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Sand Island belongs to the beige-pink family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Sand Island (LRV 69) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 28 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 26.7, 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.
Sand Island vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sand Island 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 LRV gap is large enough that Sand Island will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue 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. Sand Island reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
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. Sand Island returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Sand Island reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Color Details
Sand Island vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sand Island 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 Sand Island comparisons
See how Sand Island stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 69), opening up a space where Sand Island encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Sand Island reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 52, Sand Island is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 30, Sand Island is decisively the brighter choice.
Sand Island reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (69 vs 60) makes Sand Island the marginally brighter of the two.
Sand Island reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sand Island reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 43, Sand Island is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 4, Sand Island is decisively the brighter choice.
Sand Island reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Sand Island reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Sand Island reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 69, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 21, Sand Island is decisively the brighter choice.
Sand Island reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 69), opening up a space where Sand Island encloses it.
Sand Island reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 69 vs 25, Sand Island is decisively the brighter choice.
Sand Island reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Sand Island reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 31, Sand Island is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 7, Sand Island is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 24, Sand Island is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (69 vs 57) makes Sand Island the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 69) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.