Walking on Water vs Antique White
Where Walking on Water belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Antique White is a Jotun color. Hue-wise, Walking on Water belongs to the blue family and Antique White to the beige-greige family. Antique White (LRV 56) reflects noticeably more light than Walking on Water (LRV 12), a difference of 44 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 43.4, 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.
Walking on Water vs Antique White in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Walking on Water and Antique 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 Antique White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Walking on Water 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. Antique White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Walking on Water.
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. Antique White 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. Antique White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Walking on Water.
Color Details
Walking on Water vs Antique White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Walking on Water on one side and Antique 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.
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