Smoked Salmon vs Evergreen Fog
Where Smoked Salmon belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Evergreen Fog is a Sherwin-Williams color. Smoked Salmon reads as pink-red, while Evergreen Fog reads as green-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Evergreen Fog (LRV 30) reflects noticeably more light than Smoked Salmon (LRV 13), a difference of 17 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 37.8, 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.
Smoked Salmon vs Evergreen Fog in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Smoked Salmon and Evergreen Fog 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 Evergreen Fog will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Smoked Salmon 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. Evergreen Fog reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Smoked Salmon.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Evergreen Fog reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Smoked Salmon.
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. Evergreen Fog reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Smoked Salmon.
Color Details
Smoked Salmon vs Evergreen Fog Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Smoked Salmon on one side and Evergreen Fog 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 Smoked Salmon comparisons
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At LRV 69 vs 13, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
Smoked Salmon reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 13, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
Denim Drift reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
At LRV 43 vs 13, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (13 vs 4) makes Smoked Salmon the marginally brighter of the two.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 13, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (21 vs 13) makes Artichoke the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 13, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Smoked Salmon reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 13, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 13), opening up a space where Smoked Salmon encloses it.
At LRV 31 vs 13, Pale Green is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (13 vs 7) makes Smoked Salmon the marginally brighter of the two.