Baja vs Pigeon
Where Baja belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pigeon is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Baja belongs to the beige-greige family and Pigeon to the grey family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (49 vs 51), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. With a ΔE of 10.7, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Baja vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Baja 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Baja vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Baja 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 Baja comparisons
See how Baja stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Baja encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (52 vs 49) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 30, Baja is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (60 vs 49) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Baja reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes Baja the marginally brighter of the two.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Baja reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 49, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 49), opening up a space where Baja encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 49), opening up a space where Baja encloses it.
Baja reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Baja reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 49), opening up a space where Baja encloses it.
Baja reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Baja reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 31, Baja is decisively the brighter choice.
