Smoky Tone vs Livid
Where Smoky Tone belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Livid is a Little Greene color. Smoky Tone reads as grey, while Livid reads as blue-green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Smoky Tone has an LRV of 36. With a ΔE of 16.3, 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.
Smoky Tone vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Smoky Tone and Livid 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Smoky Tone vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Smoky Tone on one side and Livid 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 Smoky Tone comparisons
See how Smoky Tone stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 36, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 36), opening up a space where Smoky Tone encloses it.
Smoky Tone reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 36, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (36 vs 30) makes Smoky Tone the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 36), opening up a space where Smoky Tone encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 36, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 36), opening up a space where Smoky Tone encloses it.
Smoky Tone reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (43 vs 36) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 36 vs 4, Smoky Tone is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 36), opening up a space where Smoky Tone encloses it.
Smoky Tone reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 36, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 36 vs 21, Smoky Tone is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 36), opening up a space where Smoky Tone encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 36), opening up a space where Smoky Tone encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 36), opening up a space where Smoky Tone encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 36, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Smoky Tone reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Smoky Tone reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 36), opening up a space where Smoky Tone encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (41 vs 36) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Smoky Tone reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (36 vs 31) makes Smoky Tone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 36 vs 7, Smoky Tone is decisively the brighter choice.