Potters Clay 2 vs Slaked Lime Deep
Potters Clay 2 is a Dulux color while Slaked Lime Deep comes from Little Greene. Hue-wise, Potters Clay 2 belongs to the grey family and Slaked Lime Deep to the beige family. Potters Clay 2 has an LRV of 54. The tonal difference — Potters Clay 2's neutral character against Slaked Lime Deep's red — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 13.7, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Potters Clay 2 vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Potters Clay 2 and Slaked Lime Deep 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. 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
Potters Clay 2 vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Potters Clay 2 on one side and Slaked Lime Deep 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 Potters Clay 2 comparisons
See how Potters Clay 2 stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 54), opening up a space where Potters Clay 2 encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 54, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 6, Potters Clay 2 is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Potters Clay 2 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (58 vs 54) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 54 vs 27, Potters Clay 2 is decisively the brighter choice.
Potters Clay 2 reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Potters Clay 2 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 54 vs 13, Potters Clay 2 is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (54 vs 44) makes Potters Clay 2 the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 54), opening up a space where Potters Clay 2 encloses it.
Potters Clay 2 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (66 vs 54) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 54, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 54, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Potters Clay 2 reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 54 vs 12, Potters Clay 2 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 8, Potters Clay 2 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 54, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Potters Clay 2 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 54 vs 12, Potters Clay 2 is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (54 vs 45) makes Potters Clay 2 the marginally brighter of the two.
Potters Clay 2 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Potters Clay 2 reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.