Tallow vs Flattering Peach
Tallow (Cloverdale Paint) and Flattering Peach (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 69 vs 69 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. A ΔE of 2.1 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Tallow vs Flattering Peach in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Tallow and Flattering Peach 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.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Color Details
Tallow vs Flattering Peach Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Tallow on one side and Flattering Peach 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 Tallow comparisons
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A 11-point LRV gap (69 vs 58) makes Tallow the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 69 vs 27, Tallow is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 69 vs 55, Tallow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 44, Tallow is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 69), opening up a space where Tallow encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (69 vs 66) makes Tallow the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Tallow is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Tallow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 45, Tallow is decisively the brighter choice.
Tallow reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Tallow reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
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Tallow reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.