Casa del Mar vs Pine Needle
Where Casa del Mar belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pine Needle is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Casa del Mar belongs to the blue family and Pine Needle to the green family. Casa del Mar (LRV 64) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 57 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 59.5, 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.
Casa del Mar vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Casa del Mar 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 Casa del Mar 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. Casa del Mar 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. Casa del Mar reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Color Details
Casa del Mar vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Casa del Mar 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 Casa del Mar comparisons
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At LRV 64 vs 6, Casa del Mar is decisively the brighter choice.
Casa del Mar reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Casa del Mar reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 52, Casa del Mar is decisively the brighter choice.
Casa del Mar reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (64 vs 58) makes Casa del Mar the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 27, Casa del Mar is decisively the brighter choice.
Casa del Mar reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Casa del Mar reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (64 vs 55) makes Casa del Mar the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 13, Casa del Mar is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 44, Casa del Mar is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 64), opening up a space where Casa del Mar encloses it.
Casa del Mar reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 64), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (74 vs 64) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 64, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Casa del Mar reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Casa del Mar is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 8, Casa del Mar is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (68 vs 64) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Casa del Mar reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Casa del Mar is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 45, Casa del Mar is decisively the brighter choice.
Casa del Mar reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.