Butter Tart vs Mizzle
Where Butter Tart belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Mizzle is a Farrow & Ball color. Butter Tart reads as beige-yellow, while Mizzle reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Butter Tart (LRV 81) reflects noticeably more light than Mizzle (LRV 52), a difference of 29 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 33.7, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Butter Tart vs Mizzle in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Butter Tart 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 Butter Tart will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Mizzle 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. Butter Tart reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mizzle.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Butter Tart reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mizzle.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Butter Tart returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Butter Tart reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mizzle.
Color Details
Butter Tart vs Mizzle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Butter Tart 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 Butter Tart comparisons
See how Butter Tart stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 83 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 81 vs 69, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 52, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 30, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 60, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 43, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 4, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 81 vs 21, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Butter Tart reads slightly lighter (LRV 81 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 83 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 68), opening up a space where Skimming Stone encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 41, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 68, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 25, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Butter Tart reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 31, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 7, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 24, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 57, Butter Tart is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (81 vs 72) makes Butter Tart the marginally brighter of the two.