Lemongrass vs Sanctuary
Lemongrass is a Cloverdale Paint color while Sanctuary comes from PPG. Both sit in the beige-yellow family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 56 and 58, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.9, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Lemongrass vs Sanctuary in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Lemongrass and Sanctuary 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.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
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.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Lemongrass vs Sanctuary Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lemongrass on one side and Sanctuary 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 Lemongrass comparisons
See how Lemongrass stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 56 vs 6, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 4-point LRV gap (56 vs 52) makes Lemongrass the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 56 vs 27, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemongrass reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Lemongrass reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 56 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 56 vs 13, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (56 vs 44) makes Lemongrass the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 56), opening up a space where Lemongrass encloses it.
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A 10-point LRV gap (66 vs 56) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 56, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 56, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemongrass reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 12, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 8, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 56, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemongrass reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 12, Lemongrass is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (56 vs 45) makes Lemongrass the marginally brighter of the two.
Lemongrass reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.