Eddy vs Livid
Where Eddy belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Livid is a Little Greene color. Eddy reads as yellow, while Livid reads as blue-green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Eddy has an LRV of 59. Eddy runs warm while Livid is decidedly green, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 31.6, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Eddy vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Eddy and Livid 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.
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.
Color Details
Eddy vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Eddy on one side and Livid 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 Eddy comparisons
See how Eddy stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 59, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Eddy reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Eddy reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
With LRVs of 60 and 59, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Eddy reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (59 vs 55) makes Eddy the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 44, Eddy is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 59), opening up a space where Eddy encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (66 vs 59) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 59, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 59) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 12, Eddy is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 45, Eddy is decisively the brighter choice.
Eddy reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Eddy reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.