Turkish Teal vs Tantalizing Teal
Turkish Teal (Cloverdale Paint) and Tantalizing Teal (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. These are both blues, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within blue to land. The 10-point LRV gap — 61 for Tantalizing Teal vs 51 for Turkish Teal — means Tantalizing Teal will open up a space more effectively. ΔE 6.2 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Turkish Teal vs Tantalizing Teal in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Turkish Teal and Tantalizing Teal 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. Tantalizing Teal reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Turkish Teal.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Tantalizing Teal returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Turkish Teal vs Tantalizing Teal Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Turkish Teal on one side and Tantalizing Teal 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 Turkish Teal comparisons
See how Turkish Teal stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 51, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 51), opening up a space where Turkish Teal encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 6, Turkish Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 51, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Turkish Teal reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (58 vs 51) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 51 vs 27, Turkish Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
Turkish Teal reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Turkish Teal reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (55 vs 51) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 51 vs 13, Turkish Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (51 vs 44) makes Turkish Teal the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 51), opening up a space where Turkish Teal encloses it.
Turkish Teal reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 51, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 51, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 51, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 12, Turkish Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 51, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Turkish Teal reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 51), opening up a space where Turkish Teal encloses it.
Turkish Teal reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 12, Turkish Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (51 vs 45) makes Turkish Teal the marginally brighter of the two.
Turkish Teal reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Turkish Teal reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Turkish Teal reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.