Slaked Lime - Dark vs Khaki Shade
Where Slaked Lime - Dark belongs to Little Greene's range, Khaki Shade is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (45 vs 44), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. Slaked Lime - Dark runs red while Khaki Shade is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 2.5, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Slaked Lime - Dark vs Khaki Shade in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Slaked Lime - Dark and Khaki Shade are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Slaked Lime - Dark vs Khaki Shade Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Slaked Lime - Dark on one side and Khaki Shade 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 Slaked Lime - Dark comparisons
See how Slaked Lime - Dark stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 45, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 45), opening up a space where Slaked Lime - Dark encloses it.
At LRV 45 vs 6, Slaked Lime - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Slaked Lime - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (52 vs 45) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 45), opening up a space where Slaked Lime - Dark encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 45, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 27, Slaked Lime - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 45 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Slaked Lime - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (55 vs 45) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 13, Slaked Lime - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 45), opening up a space where Slaked Lime - Dark encloses it.
Slaked Lime - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 45, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 45, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 45, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 12, Slaked Lime - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 45, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Slaked Lime - Dark reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 45), opening up a space where Slaked Lime - Dark encloses it.
Slaked Lime - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 45 vs 12, Slaked Lime - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 45 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Slaked Lime - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Slaked Lime - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Slaked Lime - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 45), opening up a space where Slaked Lime - Dark encloses it.