Garden vs Traffic green
Where Garden belongs to Little Greene's range, Traffic green is a RAL Classic color. Hue-wise, Garden belongs to the green-yellow family and Traffic green to the green family. Garden (LRV 25) reflects noticeably more light than Traffic green (LRV 20), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 25.4, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Garden vs Traffic green in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Garden and Traffic green 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Garden gives the walls a little more lift.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Garden reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Garden vs Traffic green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Garden on one side and Traffic green 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 Garden comparisons
See how Garden stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
