Waterfall vs Livid
Waterfall is a Cloverdale Paint color while Livid comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Waterfall belongs to the green-grey family and Livid to the blue-green family. Waterfall has an LRV of 58. At ΔE 30.0, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Waterfall vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Waterfall and Livid 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Waterfall vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Waterfall on one side and Livid 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 Waterfall comparisons
See how Waterfall stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 58), opening up a space where Waterfall encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes Waterfall the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 30, Waterfall is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 58 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Waterfall reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 43, Waterfall is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 58 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Waterfall reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where Waterfall encloses it.
Waterfall reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Waterfall reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Waterfall reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Waterfall reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 31, Waterfall is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 7, Waterfall is decisively the brighter choice.