Burnt Peanut Red vs Mizzle
Where Burnt Peanut Red belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Mizzle is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Burnt Peanut Red belongs to the pink-red family and Mizzle to the grey family. Mizzle (LRV 52) reflects noticeably more light than Burnt Peanut Red (LRV 12), a difference of 39 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Burnt Peanut Red runs red while Mizzle is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 58.4, 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.
Burnt Peanut Red vs Mizzle in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Burnt Peanut Red 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 Mizzle will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Burnt Peanut Red would.
Color Details
Burnt Peanut Red vs Mizzle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Burnt Peanut Red 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 Burnt Peanut Red comparisons
See how Burnt Peanut Red stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 12), opening up a space where Burnt Peanut Red encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Burnt Peanut Red encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 12, Denim Drift is decisively the brighter choice.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 12), opening up a space where Burnt Peanut Red encloses it.
Burnt Peanut Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 44 vs 12, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
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Artichoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 12), opening up a space where Burnt Peanut Red encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (12 vs 8) makes Burnt Peanut Red the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 12), opening up a space where Burnt Peanut Red encloses it.
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At LRV 45 vs 12, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
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Burnt Peanut Red reads slightly lighter (LRV 12 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.