Beeswax vs Mizzle
Beeswax (Cloverdale Paint) and Mizzle (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Beeswax reads as beige, while Mizzle reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 52 vs 52 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. A ΔE of 18.7 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Beeswax vs Mizzle in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Beeswax 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. 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.
Color Details
Beeswax vs Mizzle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Beeswax 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 Beeswax comparisons
See how Beeswax stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 52, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Beeswax reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 52 vs 27, Beeswax is decisively the brighter choice.
Beeswax reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (52 vs 44) makes Beeswax the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 52), opening up a space where Beeswax encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 12, Beeswax is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 8, Beeswax is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 12, Beeswax is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (52 vs 45) makes Beeswax the marginally brighter of the two.
Beeswax reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Beeswax reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.