Sweetness vs RAL 230-1
Where Sweetness belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, RAL 230-1 is a RAL Effect color. Sweetness reads as green, while RAL 230-1 reads as green-yellow — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. RAL 230-1 (LRV 59) reflects noticeably more light than Sweetness (LRV 47), a difference of 12 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 11.4, 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.
Sweetness vs RAL 230-1 in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sweetness and RAL 230-1 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. The LRV gap is large enough that RAL 230-1 will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Sweetness would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. RAL 230-1 reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sweetness.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. RAL 230-1 reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sweetness.
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. RAL 230-1 reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sweetness.
Color Details
Sweetness vs RAL 230-1 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sweetness on one side and RAL 230-1 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 Sweetness comparisons
See how Sweetness stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 47, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sweetness reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 47), opening up a space where Sweetness encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (58 vs 47) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 47 vs 27, Sweetness is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweetness reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (55 vs 47) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (47 vs 44) makes Sweetness the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 47), opening up a space where Sweetness encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 47, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 47, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 12, Sweetness is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 8, Sweetness is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 47, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 12, Sweetness is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Sweetness reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.