Evening White vs Mizzle
Where Evening White belongs to Behr's range, Mizzle is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Evening White belongs to the green-grey family and Mizzle to the grey family. Evening White (LRV 70) reflects noticeably more light than Mizzle (LRV 52), a difference of 18 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Evening White runs green while Mizzle is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 10.9, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Evening White vs Mizzle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Evening White and Mizzle 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 Evening White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Mizzle 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. Evening White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mizzle.
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. Evening White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mizzle.
Color Details
Evening White vs Mizzle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Evening White on one side and Mizzle 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 Evening White comparisons
See how Evening White stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 70), opening up a space where Evening White encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Evening White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 52, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 30, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (70 vs 60) makes Evening White the marginally brighter of the two.
Evening White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Evening White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 43, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 4, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
Evening White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Evening White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Evening White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 70, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 21, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
Evening White reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 70), opening up a space where Evening White encloses it.
Evening White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 70 vs 41, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 70 vs 25, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
Evening White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Evening White reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 31, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 7, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 24, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 57, Evening White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.