Sandstone Palette vs Denim Drift
Where Sandstone Palette belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Denim Drift is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Sandstone Palette belongs to the beige family and Denim Drift to the blue-grey family. Sandstone Palette (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than Denim Drift (LRV 27), a difference of 34 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 31.0, 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.
Sandstone Palette vs Denim Drift in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sandstone Palette 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 LRV gap is large enough that Sandstone Palette will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Denim Drift 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. Sandstone Palette reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Denim Drift.
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. Sandstone Palette 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. Sandstone Palette reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Denim Drift.
Color Details
Sandstone Palette vs Denim Drift Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sandstone Palette 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 Sandstone Palette comparisons
See how Sandstone Palette stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 61, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 6, Sandstone Palette is decisively the brighter choice.
Sandstone Palette reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sandstone Palette reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Sandstone Palette the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 61 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (61 vs 58) makes Sandstone Palette the marginally brighter of the two.
Sandstone Palette reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Sandstone Palette reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (61 vs 55) makes Sandstone Palette the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 13, Sandstone Palette is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 44, Sandstone Palette is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 61), opening up a space where Sandstone Palette encloses it.
Sandstone Palette reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (66 vs 61) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 61, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 61, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Sandstone Palette reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Sandstone Palette is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 8, Sandstone Palette is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Sandstone Palette reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Sandstone Palette is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 45, Sandstone Palette is decisively the brighter choice.
Sandstone Palette reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Sandstone Palette reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.