Spiced Carrot vs Picture Gallery Red
Spiced Carrot (Cloverdale Paint) and Picture Gallery Red (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. These are both pink-reds, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within pink-red to land. The 3-point LRV gap — 19 for Spiced Carrot vs 16 for Picture Gallery Red — means Spiced Carrot will open up a space more effectively. ΔE 7.0 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Spiced Carrot vs Picture Gallery Red in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Spiced Carrot and Picture Gallery Red are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Spiced Carrot reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Spiced Carrot has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Spiced Carrot has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Color Details
Spiced Carrot vs Picture Gallery Red Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Spiced Carrot on one side and Picture Gallery Red 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 Spiced Carrot comparisons
See how Spiced Carrot stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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A 11-point LRV gap (30 vs 19) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
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At LRV 60 vs 19, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 19), opening up a space where Spiced Carrot encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 19, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 19 vs 4, Spiced Carrot is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 19), opening up a space where Spiced Carrot encloses it.
Spiced Carrot reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 19), opening up a space where Spiced Carrot encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 19, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 19), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 19), opening up a space where Spiced Carrot encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 19), opening up a space where Spiced Carrot encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 19), opening up a space where Spiced Carrot encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 19, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Spiced Carrot reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Spiced Carrot reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 19), opening up a space where Spiced Carrot encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 19, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Spiced Carrot reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 19), opening up a space where Spiced Carrot encloses it.
At LRV 31 vs 19, Pale Green is decisively the brighter choice.