Blackened vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where Blackened belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Blackened belongs to the grey family and Slaked Lime Deep to the beige family. Blackened has an LRV of 71. Blackened 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 14.5, 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.
Blackened vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Blackened 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
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.
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.
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.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Blackened vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Blackened 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 Blackened comparisons
See how Blackened stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 71), opening up a space where Blackened encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 52, Blackened is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 30, Blackened is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (71 vs 60) makes Blackened the marginally brighter of the two.
Blackened reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Blackened reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 43, Blackened is decisively the brighter choice.
Blackened reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Blackened reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 71, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Blackened reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Blackened reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Blackened reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 71 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Blackened reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Blackened reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 31, Blackened is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 7, Blackened is decisively the brighter choice.