Soft Maplewood 5 vs Rivers Edge
Soft Maplewood 5 (Dulux) and Rivers Edge (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 4-point LRV gap — 67 for Soft Maplewood 5 vs 63 for Rivers Edge — means Soft Maplewood 5 will open up a space more effectively. Both share a warm character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. A ΔE of 1.4 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Soft Maplewood 5 vs Rivers Edge in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Soft Maplewood 5 and Rivers Edge 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Soft Maplewood 5 reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Soft Maplewood 5 vs Rivers Edge Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soft Maplewood 5 on one side and Rivers Edge 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 Soft Maplewood 5 comparisons
See how Soft Maplewood 5 stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room.
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At LRV 67 vs 52, Soft Maplewood 5 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 30, Soft Maplewood 5 is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 7-point LRV gap (67 vs 60) makes Soft Maplewood 5 the marginally brighter of the two.
Soft Maplewood 5 reads slightly lighter (LRV 67 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Soft Maplewood 5 reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 43, Soft Maplewood 5 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 4, Soft Maplewood 5 is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 84 vs 67, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 21, Soft Maplewood 5 is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 67 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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At LRV 67 vs 51, Soft Maplewood 5 is decisively the brighter choice.
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Soft Maplewood 5 reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 67 vs 41, Soft Maplewood 5 is decisively the brighter choice.
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Soft Maplewood 5 reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 31, Soft Maplewood 5 is decisively the brighter choice.