Wild Rice vs Passageway
Where Wild Rice belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Passageway is a Valspar color. Hue-wise, Wild Rice belongs to the beige-greige family and Passageway to the blue-grey family. Wild Rice (LRV 19) reflects noticeably more light than Passageway (LRV 14), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 23.6, 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.
Wild Rice vs Passageway in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Wild Rice and Passageway 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Wild Rice gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Wild Rice reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Wild Rice reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Wild Rice vs Passageway Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Wild Rice on one side and Passageway 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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