Faded Sky vs Livid
Where Faded Sky belongs to Dulux's range, Livid is a Little Greene color. Faded Sky reads as blue, while Livid reads as blue-green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Faded Sky has an LRV of 55. Faded Sky runs cool while Livid is decidedly green, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 29.3, 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.
Faded Sky vs Livid in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Faded Sky 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
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Faded Sky vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Faded Sky 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 Faded Sky comparisons
See how Faded Sky stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 55, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Faded Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Faded Sky reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 27, Faded Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
Faded Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (55 vs 44) makes Faded Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 55), opening up a space where Faded Sky encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Faded Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 8, Faded Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 55, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Faded Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (55 vs 45) makes Faded Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
Faded Sky reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Faded Sky reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.