Tea with Florence vs RAL 820-5
Where Tea with Florence belongs to Little Greene's range, RAL 820-5 is a RAL Effect color. Hue-wise, Tea with Florence belongs to the blue family and RAL 820-5 to the blue-grey family. Tea with Florence (LRV 18) reflects noticeably more light than RAL 820-5 (LRV 9), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 17.3, 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.
Tea with Florence vs RAL 820-5 in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Tea with Florence and RAL 820-5 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 Tea with Florence will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than RAL 820-5 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. Tea with Florence reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than RAL 820-5.
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. Tea with Florence reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than RAL 820-5.
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. Tea with Florence reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than RAL 820-5.
Color Details
Tea with Florence vs RAL 820-5 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Tea with Florence on one side and RAL 820-5 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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