A Drop of Black vs Livid
Where A Drop of Black belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Livid is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, A Drop of Black belongs to the green-white family and Livid to the blue-green family. A Drop of Black has an LRV of 77. With a ΔE of 39.9, 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.
A Drop of Black vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing A Drop of Black and Livid 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
A Drop of Black vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see A Drop of Black on one side and Livid 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 A Drop of Black comparisons
See how A Drop of Black stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A Drop of Black reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (83 vs 77) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 77 vs 6, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 52, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 58, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 27, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 55, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 13, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 44, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (77 vs 66) makes A Drop of Black the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 77 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (83 vs 77) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 12, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 8, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (77 vs 68) makes A Drop of Black the marginally brighter of the two.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 12, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 45, A Drop of Black is decisively the brighter choice.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
A Drop of Black reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.