Green Leaf vs Slaked Lime - Dark
Where Green Leaf belongs to Jotun's range, Slaked Lime - Dark is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Green Leaf belongs to the green-greige family and Slaked Lime - Dark to the beige-greige family. Slaked Lime - Dark (LRV 45) reflects noticeably more light than Green Leaf (LRV 24), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Green Leaf runs warm while Slaked Lime - Dark is decidedly red, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 17.2, 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.
Green Leaf vs Slaked Lime - Dark in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Green Leaf and Slaked Lime - Dark 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. The LRV gap is large enough that Slaked Lime - Dark will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Green Leaf would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Slaked Lime - Dark reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Green Leaf.
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. Slaked Lime - Dark reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Green Leaf.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Slaked Lime - Dark reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Green Leaf.
Color Details
Green Leaf vs Slaked Lime - Dark Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Green Leaf on one side and Slaked Lime - Dark 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.
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