Savoy vs Dix Blue
Where Savoy belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Both sit in the blue-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Savoy (LRV 53) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 12 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 13.3, 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.
Savoy vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Savoy 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 Savoy 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. Savoy 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. Savoy 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. Savoy reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Color Details
Savoy vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Savoy 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 Savoy comparisons
See how Savoy stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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A 10-point LRV gap (53 vs 43) makes Savoy the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Savoy reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 53, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 53), opening up a space where Savoy encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 53), opening up a space where Savoy encloses it.
Savoy reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where Savoy encloses it.
Savoy reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Savoy reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 53 vs 31, Savoy is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 24, Savoy is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (57 vs 53) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 53, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.