Alabaster vs Believable Buff
Alabaster is a Cloverdale Paint color while Believable Buff comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 60 and 59, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.1, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Alabaster vs Believable Buff in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Alabaster and Believable Buff 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Alabaster vs Believable Buff Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Alabaster on one side and Believable Buff 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 Alabaster comparisons
See how Alabaster stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 60, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Alabaster reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Alabaster reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
With LRVs of 60 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 60 vs 27, Alabaster is decisively the brighter choice.
Alabaster reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (60 vs 55) makes Alabaster the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 44, Alabaster is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 60), opening up a space where Alabaster encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (66 vs 60) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Alabaster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 8, Alabaster is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Alabaster is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 45, Alabaster is decisively the brighter choice.
Alabaster reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.