Shimmering Glade vs Dix Blue
Where Shimmering Glade belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Shimmering Glade belongs to the green family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Shimmering Glade (LRV 62) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 15.2, 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.
Shimmering Glade vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Shimmering Glade 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. The LRV gap is large enough that Shimmering Glade will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue 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. Shimmering Glade reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
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. Shimmering Glade returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Shimmering Glade reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Color Details
Shimmering Glade vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Shimmering Glade 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 Shimmering Glade comparisons
See how Shimmering Glade stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 83 vs 62, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 6, Shimmering Glade is decisively the brighter choice.
Shimmering Glade reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shimmering Glade reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Shimmering Glade the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 62 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (62 vs 58) makes Shimmering Glade the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 27, Shimmering Glade is decisively the brighter choice.
Shimmering Glade reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Shimmering Glade reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (62 vs 55) makes Shimmering Glade the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 13, Shimmering Glade is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 44, Shimmering Glade is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 62), opening up a space where Shimmering Glade encloses it.
Shimmering Glade reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (66 vs 62) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 62, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 62, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Shimmering Glade reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 62 vs 12, Shimmering Glade is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 8, Shimmering Glade is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (68 vs 62) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 12, Shimmering Glade is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 45, Shimmering Glade is decisively the brighter choice.
Shimmering Glade reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Shimmering Glade reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.