Rice Wine vs Pine Needle
Where Rice Wine belongs to Behr's range, Pine Needle is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Rice Wine belongs to the beige family and Pine Needle to the green family. Rice Wine (LRV 80) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 73 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Rice Wine runs red while Pine Needle is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 66.7, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Rice Wine vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Rice Wine and Pine Needle 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 Rice Wine will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pine Needle would.
Color Details
Rice Wine vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rice Wine on one side and Pine Needle 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 Rice Wine comparisons
See how Rice Wine stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 80), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 58, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 27, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 80 vs 55, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 44, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 80), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 80 vs 66, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (80 vs 74) makes Rice Wine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 80 vs 12, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 8, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 68, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 12, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 45, Rice Wine is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Wine reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.