Shortbread vs Dix Blue
Where Shortbread belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Shortbread belongs to the beige family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Shortbread (LRV 72) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 31 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 25.6, 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.
Shortbread vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Shortbread 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 Shortbread 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. Shortbread 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. Shortbread 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. Shortbread reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Color Details
Shortbread vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Shortbread 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 Shortbread comparisons
See how Shortbread stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 69) makes Shortbread the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 52, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 30, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
Shortbread 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 Shortbread the marginally brighter of the two.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 43, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 4, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Shortbread 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, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
Shortbread 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.
At LRV 72 vs 51, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Shortbread reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Shortbread reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 31, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 7, Shortbread is decisively the brighter choice.