Tea with Florence vs Venetian Yellow
Where Tea with Florence belongs to Little Greene's range, Venetian Yellow is a Sherwin-Williams color. Tea with Florence reads as blue, while Venetian Yellow reads as beige-yellow — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Venetian Yellow (LRV 77) reflects noticeably more light than Tea with Florence (LRV 18), a difference of 59 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Tea with Florence runs blue while Venetian Yellow is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of NaN, 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.
Tea with Florence vs Venetian Yellow in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Tea with Florence and Venetian Yellow 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 Venetian Yellow will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Tea with Florence would.
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. Venetian Yellow reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Tea with Florence.
Color Details
Tea with Florence vs Venetian Yellow Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Tea with Florence on one side and Venetian Yellow 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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