Soaring Sky vs Pine Needle
Where Soaring Sky belongs to Behr's range, Pine Needle is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Soaring Sky belongs to the blue family and Pine Needle to the green family. Soaring Sky (LRV 62) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 55 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Soaring Sky runs blue while Pine Needle is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 57.2, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Soaring Sky vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Soaring Sky 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 Soaring Sky will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pine Needle 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. Soaring Sky reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
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. Soaring Sky reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Color Details
Soaring Sky vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soaring Sky 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 Soaring Sky comparisons
See how Soaring Sky stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 62 vs 6, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
Soaring Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Soaring Sky 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 Soaring Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 27, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 7-point LRV gap (62 vs 55) makes Soaring Sky the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 13, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 44, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 62 vs 12, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 62 vs 12, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 45, Soaring Sky is decisively the brighter choice.
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