Buenos Aires vs Dix Blue
Where Buenos Aires belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Buenos Aires belongs to the green family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (42 vs 41), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. With a ΔE of 13.0, 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.
Buenos Aires vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Buenos Aires and Dix Blue 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
Buenos Aires vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Buenos Aires on one side and Dix Blue 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 Buenos Aires comparisons
See how Buenos Aires stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 42), opening up a space where Buenos Aires encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 42, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 6, Buenos Aires is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Buenos Aires reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (52 vs 42) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 42), opening up a space where Buenos Aires encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 42, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 27, Buenos Aires is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 43 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Buenos Aires reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 42, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 13, Buenos Aires is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 42), opening up a space where Buenos Aires encloses it.
Buenos Aires reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 42, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 42, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 42, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 42 vs 12, Buenos Aires is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 8, Buenos Aires is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 42, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 12, Buenos Aires is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (45 vs 42) makes Saybrook Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
Buenos Aires reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Buenos Aires reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.