Cool Spring vs Willow Tree
Where Cool Spring belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Willow Tree is a Dulux color. Both sit in the green family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (65 vs 67), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. The ΔE 3.0 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cool Spring vs Willow Tree in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Cool Spring and Willow Tree 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
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.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. 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
Cool Spring vs Willow Tree Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cool Spring on one side and Willow Tree 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 Cool Spring comparisons
See how Cool Spring stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 65, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 6, Cool Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Cool Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 52, Cool Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Spring reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (65 vs 58) makes Cool Spring the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 65 vs 27, Cool Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Cool Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (65 vs 55) makes Cool Spring the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 65 vs 13, Cool Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 44, Cool Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 65), opening up a space where Cool Spring encloses it.
Cool Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 65), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (74 vs 65) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 65, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 12, Cool Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 8, Cool Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (68 vs 65) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Cool Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 12, Cool Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 45, Cool Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.