Yellow Umbrella vs Just Walnut
Where Yellow Umbrella belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Just Walnut is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Yellow Umbrella belongs to the beige-yellow family and Just Walnut to the beige-greige family. Just Walnut (LRV 72) reflects noticeably more light than Yellow Umbrella (LRV 51), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 42.5, 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.
Yellow Umbrella vs Just Walnut in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Yellow Umbrella and Just Walnut 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 Just Walnut will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Yellow Umbrella 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. Just Walnut reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Yellow Umbrella.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Just Walnut reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Yellow Umbrella.
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. Just Walnut 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. Just Walnut reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Yellow Umbrella.
Color Details
Yellow Umbrella vs Just Walnut Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Yellow Umbrella on one side and Just Walnut 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 Yellow Umbrella comparisons
See how Yellow Umbrella 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 Yellow Umbrella encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 6, Yellow Umbrella is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 51, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Yellow Umbrella 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, Yellow Umbrella is decisively the brighter choice.
Yellow Umbrella reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Yellow Umbrella 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, Yellow Umbrella is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (51 vs 44) makes Yellow Umbrella the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 51), opening up a space where Yellow Umbrella encloses it.
Yellow Umbrella 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, Yellow Umbrella is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 51, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Yellow Umbrella 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 Yellow Umbrella encloses it.
Yellow Umbrella reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 12, Yellow Umbrella is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (51 vs 45) makes Yellow Umbrella the marginally brighter of the two.
Yellow Umbrella reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Yellow Umbrella reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Yellow Umbrella 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.