Taste of Summer vs India Yellow
Where Taste of Summer belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, India Yellow is a Farrow & Ball color. Taste of Summer reads as beige, while India Yellow reads as beige-yellow — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Taste of Summer (LRV 51) reflects noticeably more light than India Yellow (LRV 37), a difference of 14 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 14.5, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Taste of Summer vs India Yellow in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Taste of Summer and India Yellow 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 Taste of Summer will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than India Yellow 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. Taste of Summer reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than India Yellow.
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. Taste of Summer reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than India Yellow.
Color Details
Taste of Summer vs India Yellow Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Taste of Summer on one side and India Yellow 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.
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