Sandstone Palette vs Dix Blue
Sandstone Palette is a Cloverdale Paint color while Dix Blue comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Sandstone Palette belongs to the beige family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. At LRV 61 vs 41, Sandstone Palette will read as the brighter of the two — a 20-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. At ΔE 20.0, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sandstone Palette vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sandstone Palette 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
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. Sandstone Palette returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Sandstone Palette will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue would.
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. Sandstone Palette reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The LRV gap is large enough that Sandstone Palette will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue would.
Color Details
Sandstone Palette vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sandstone Palette 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 Sandstone Palette comparisons
See how Sandstone Palette stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 61, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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.
At LRV 61 vs 27, Sandstone Palette is decisively the brighter choice.
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.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Sandstone Palette is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Calamine reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sandstone Palette reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron 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.
Sandstone Palette reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Sandstone Palette reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.