Tailored Tan vs Dix Blue
Where Tailored Tan belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Tailored Tan belongs to the beige-red family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (39 vs 41), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. With a ΔE of 25.8, 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.
Tailored Tan vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Tailored Tan and Dix Blue 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Tailored Tan vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Tailored Tan on one side and Dix Blue 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 Tailored Tan comparisons
See how Tailored Tan stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 39), opening up a space where Tailored Tan encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 39, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Tailored Tan reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 39, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (39 vs 30) makes Tailored Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 39), opening up a space where Tailored Tan encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 39, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 39), opening up a space where Tailored Tan encloses it.
Tailored Tan reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (43 vs 39) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 39 vs 4, Tailored Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 39), opening up a space where Tailored Tan encloses it.
Tailored Tan reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 39, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 39 vs 21, Tailored Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 39), opening up a space where Tailored Tan encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 39), opening up a space where Tailored Tan encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 39), opening up a space where Tailored Tan encloses it.
Tailored Tan reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 39), opening up a space where Tailored Tan encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 39, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 39 vs 25, Tailored Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Tailored Tan reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (39 vs 31) makes Tailored Tan the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 39 vs 7, Tailored Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 39 vs 24, Tailored Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 39, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 39, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.