Sweet Pea vs Lighthearted Pink
Where Sweet Pea belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Lighthearted Pink is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the pink-red family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Sweet Pea (LRV 76) reflects noticeably more light than Lighthearted Pink (LRV 71), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. At ΔE 2.5, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sweet Pea vs Lighthearted Pink in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Sweet Pea and Lighthearted Pink 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Sweet Pea gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Sweet Pea reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Sweet Pea vs Lighthearted Pink Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sweet Pea on one side and Lighthearted Pink 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 Sweet Pea comparisons
See how Sweet Pea stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 7-point LRV gap (83 vs 76) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Sweet Pea reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Sweet Pea reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Sweet Pea reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 58, Sweet Pea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 27, Sweet Pea is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Pea reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 55, Sweet Pea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 44, Sweet Pea is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (76 vs 66) makes Sweet Pea the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 76 vs 12, Sweet Pea is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (76 vs 68) makes Sweet Pea the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 76 vs 12, Sweet Pea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 45, Sweet Pea is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Pea reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Sweet Pea reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Sweet Pea reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Sweet Pea reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.