Sweet Flower vs Gauze - Mid

Sweet Flower (Cloverdale Paint) and Gauze - Mid (Little Greene) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the blue-white family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 77 vs 79 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. A ΔE of 2.4 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.

Sweet Flower vs Gauze - Mid in Real Spaces

1 real room side by side. Sweet Flower and Gauze - Mid 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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.

Sweet FlowerSweet Flower 1258 by Cloverdale Paint — Living Room

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Gauze - MidLittle Greene Gauze - Mid 164 living room

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Color Details

Sweet Flower
Cloverdale Paint · 1258
Hex#E3E3EA
LRV77.0
BrandCloverdale Paint
Number1258
Undertone
Temperature
BrightnessLight
Gauze - Mid
Little Greene · 164
Hex#e4e6e8
LRV78.9
BrandLittle Greene
Number164
UndertoneBlue
TemperatureCool
BrightnessLight

Sweet Flower vs Gauze - Mid Simulated Comparison

5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sweet Flower on one side and Gauze - Mid on the other.

Bathroom
Bedroom
House
Kitchen Cabinets
Living Room

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 Sweet Flower comparisons

See how Sweet Flower stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.

White Dove
Sweet Flower
White Dove
Benjamin Moore
White Dove
LRV 83

White Dove reads slightly lighter

Ammonite
Sweet Flower
Ammonite
Farrow & Ball
Ammonite
LRV 69

Sweet Flower reads slightly lighter

Iron Ore
Sweet Flower
Iron Ore
Sherwin-Williams
Iron Ore
LRV 6

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Purbeck Stone
Sweet Flower
Purbeck Stone
Farrow & Ball
Purbeck Stone
LRV 52

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Evergreen Fog
Sweet Flower
Evergreen Fog
Sherwin-Williams
Evergreen Fog
LRV 30

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Mizzle
Sweet Flower
Mizzle
Farrow & Ball
Mizzle
LRV 52

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Agreeable Gray
Sweet Flower
Agreeable Gray
Sherwin-Williams
Agreeable Gray
LRV 60

Sweet Flower reads noticeably lighter

Denim Drift
Sweet Flower
Denim Drift
Dulux
Denim Drift
LRV 27

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Tranquil Dawn
Sweet Flower
Tranquil Dawn
Dulux
Tranquil Dawn
LRV 55

Sweet Flower reads noticeably lighter

Balboa Mist
Sweet Flower
Balboa Mist
Benjamin Moore
Balboa Mist
LRV 66

Sweet Flower reads slightly lighter

Vintage Vogue
Sweet Flower
Vintage Vogue
Benjamin Moore
Vintage Vogue
LRV 12

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Pale Green
Sweet Flower
Pale Green
RAL ClassicClassic
Pale Green
LRV 31

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Pine Needle
Sweet Flower
Pine Needle
Dulux
Pine Needle
LRV 7

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Cement grey
Sweet Flower
Cement grey
RAL ClassicClassic
Cement grey
LRV 24

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Black grey
Sweet Flower
Black grey
RAL ClassicClassic
Black grey
LRV 6

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Piazza
Sweet Flower
Piazza
Tikkurila
Piazza
LRV 65

Sweet Flower reads noticeably lighter

Humble Yellow
Sweet Flower
Humble Yellow
Jotun
Humble Yellow
LRV 57

Sweet Flower reads noticeably lighter

Windmill Lane
Sweet Flower
Windmill Lane
Little Greene
Windmill Lane
LRV 31

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Senses
Sweet Flower
Senses
Jotun
Senses
LRV 41

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Lamp Black
Sweet Flower
Lamp Black
Little Greene
Lamp Black
LRV 3

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Washed Linen
Sweet Flower
Washed Linen
Jotun
Washed Linen
LRV 55

Sweet Flower reads noticeably lighter

Tea with Florence
Sweet Flower
Tea with Florence
Little Greene
Tea with Florence
LRV 18

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Thames Fog
Sweet Flower
Thames Fog
Valspar
Thames Fog
LRV 27

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Ocean Abyss
Sweet Flower
Ocean Abyss
Behr
Ocean Abyss
LRV 7

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Classic Silver
Sweet Flower
Classic Silver
Behr
Classic Silver
LRV 48

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

Teton Blue
Sweet Flower
Teton Blue
Behr
Teton Blue
LRV 31

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice

RAL 110-2
Sweet Flower
RAL 110-2
RAL EffectEffect
RAL 110-2
LRV 72

Sweet Flower reads slightly lighter

RAL 110-1
Sweet Flower
RAL 110-1
RAL EffectEffect
RAL 110-1
LRV 80

Nearly identical in tone

Paper
Sweet Flower
Paper
Tikkurila
Paper
LRV 88

Paper reads slightly lighter

Passageway
Sweet Flower
Passageway
Valspar
Passageway
LRV 14

Sweet Flower is the lighter choice