Sliced Cucumber vs Pigeon
Where Sliced Cucumber belongs to Behr's range, Pigeon is a Farrow & Ball color. These are both greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within grey to land. Sliced Cucumber (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than Pigeon (LRV 51), a difference of 10 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Sliced Cucumber runs yellow while Pigeon is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 17.0, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sliced Cucumber vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sliced Cucumber and Pigeon 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 Sliced Cucumber will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pigeon 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. Sliced Cucumber reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
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. Sliced Cucumber reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Sliced Cucumber reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Sliced Cucumber reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
Color Details
Sliced Cucumber vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sliced Cucumber on one side and Pigeon 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 Sliced Cucumber comparisons
See how Sliced Cucumber stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 60 vs 6, Sliced Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
Sliced Cucumber reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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A 9-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Sliced Cucumber the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 60 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 60 vs 27, Sliced Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
Sliced Cucumber reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
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A 5-point LRV gap (60 vs 55) makes Sliced Cucumber the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 13, Sliced Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 44, Sliced Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 5-point LRV gap (66 vs 60) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 60, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Sliced Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 8, Sliced Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Sliced Cucumber reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Sliced Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 45, Sliced Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
Sliced Cucumber reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
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