Atmosphere vs RAL 710-3
Where Atmosphere belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, RAL 710-3 is a RAL Effect color. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Atmosphere (LRV 21) reflects noticeably more light than RAL 710-3 (LRV 12), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 10.3, 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.
Atmosphere vs RAL 710-3 in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Atmosphere and RAL 710-3 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 Atmosphere will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than RAL 710-3 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. Atmosphere reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than RAL 710-3.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Atmosphere reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than RAL 710-3.
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. Atmosphere reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than RAL 710-3.
Color Details
Atmosphere vs RAL 710-3 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Atmosphere on one side and RAL 710-3 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 Atmosphere comparisons
See how Atmosphere stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 21, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
Atmosphere reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 21, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (30 vs 21) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 21, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 21, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 21 vs 4, Atmosphere is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
Atmosphere reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 21, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 21, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Atmosphere reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Atmosphere reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 21, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Atmosphere reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 21), opening up a space where Atmosphere encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (31 vs 21) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.