The Plaza vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where The Plaza belongs to Dulux's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. The Plaza reads as grey, while Slaked Lime Deep reads as beige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. The Plaza has an LRV of 72. The Plaza runs neutral while Slaked Lime Deep is decidedly red, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 13.4, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
The Plaza vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing The Plaza 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.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
The Plaza vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see The Plaza 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 The Plaza comparisons
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The Plaza reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
The Plaza reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 58, The Plaza is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 27, The Plaza is decisively the brighter choice.
The Plaza reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 55, The Plaza is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 44, The Plaza is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (72 vs 66) makes The Plaza the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 72 vs 12, The Plaza is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 8, The Plaza is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes The Plaza the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 12, The Plaza is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 45, The Plaza is decisively the brighter choice.
The Plaza reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
The Plaza reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.