Catarina Green vs Pigeon
Catarina Green is a Cloverdale Paint color while Pigeon comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Catarina Green belongs to the blue-green family and Pigeon to the grey family. With LRVs of 51 and 51, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. At ΔE 18.9, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Catarina Green vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Catarina Green 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. 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.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. 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
Catarina Green vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Catarina Green 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 Catarina Green comparisons
See how Catarina Green stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 51), opening up a space where Catarina Green encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 51, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 6, Catarina Green is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 51, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Catarina Green reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (58 vs 51) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 51 vs 27, Catarina Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Catarina Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Catarina Green reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (55 vs 51) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 51 vs 13, Catarina Green is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (51 vs 44) makes Catarina Green the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 51), opening up a space where Catarina Green encloses it.
Catarina Green reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 51, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 51, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 51, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 12, Catarina Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 8, Catarina Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 51, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Catarina Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 51 vs 12, Catarina Green is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (51 vs 45) makes Catarina Green the marginally brighter of the two.
Catarina Green reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Catarina Green reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.