Sweet Buttermilk vs Gentle Lamb
Where Sweet Buttermilk belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Gentle Lamb is a Valspar color. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Sweet Buttermilk (LRV 84) reflects noticeably more light than Gentle Lamb (LRV 70), a difference of 14 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. The ΔE 6.8 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sweet Buttermilk vs Gentle Lamb in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Sweet Buttermilk and Gentle Lamb 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
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 Sweet Buttermilk will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Gentle Lamb would.
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. Sweet Buttermilk reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Gentle Lamb.
Color Details
Sweet Buttermilk vs Gentle Lamb Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sweet Buttermilk on one side and Gentle Lamb 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.
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