Everglade Forest vs Obsidian Green
Where Everglade Forest belongs to Dulux's range, Obsidian Green is a Little Greene color. Both sit in the green family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Everglade Forest (LRV 8) reflects noticeably more light than Obsidian Green (LRV 1), a difference of 7 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Everglade Forest runs cool while Obsidian Green is decidedly green, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 20.5, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Everglade Forest vs Obsidian Green in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Everglade Forest and Obsidian Green 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 — Everglade Forest 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. Everglade Forest 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. Everglade Forest reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Everglade Forest vs Obsidian Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Everglade Forest on one side and Obsidian Green 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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