Ivory vs Gentle Lamb
Where Ivory belongs to Dulux's range, Gentle Lamb is a Valspar color. These are both beiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (69 vs 70), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Ivory vs Gentle Lamb in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Ivory and Gentle Lamb are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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.
Color Details
Ivory vs Gentle Lamb Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Ivory on one side and Gentle Lamb 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 Ivory comparisons
See how Ivory stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 69), opening up a space where Ivory encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (69 vs 60) makes Ivory the marginally brighter of the two.
Ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
Ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 31, Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.