Venice Square vs Hardwick White
Where Venice Square belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hardwick White is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Venice Square belongs to the beige family and Hardwick White to the greige-grey family. Venice Square (LRV 59) reflects noticeably more light than Hardwick White (LRV 44), a difference of 15 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 22.7, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Venice Square vs Hardwick White in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Venice Square and Hardwick White 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 Venice Square will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Hardwick White 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. Venice Square reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Venice Square reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
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. Venice Square returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Venice Square reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
Color Details
Venice Square vs Hardwick White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Venice Square on one side and Hardwick White 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 Venice Square comparisons
See how Venice Square stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 59), opening up a space where Venice Square encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (69 vs 59) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Venice Square reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (59 vs 52) makes Venice Square the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 30, Venice Square is decisively the brighter choice.
Venice Square reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 59 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Venice Square reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 43, Venice Square is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 4, Venice Square is decisively the brighter choice.
Venice Square reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Venice Square reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 59, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 21, Venice Square is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 59), opening up a space where Venice Square encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 59), opening up a space where Venice Square encloses it.
Venice Square reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 59 vs 41, Venice Square is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (68 vs 59) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 25, Venice Square is decisively the brighter choice.
Venice Square reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Venice Square reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 31, Venice Square is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 7, Venice Square is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 24, Venice Square is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 72 vs 59, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.