Chasm vs Pine Needle
Where Chasm belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pine Needle is a Dulux color. Chasm reads as beige, while Pine Needle reads as green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Chasm (LRV 16) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 35.9, 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.
Chasm vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chasm 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 Chasm 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. Chasm 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. Chasm reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Color Details
Chasm vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chasm 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 Chasm comparisons
See how Chasm stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 16), opening up a space where Chasm encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 16, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 16, Evergreen Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 16, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 16), opening up a space where Chasm encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 16, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 16), opening up a space where Chasm encloses it.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 16), opening up a space where Chasm encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 16, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 16), opening up a space where Chasm encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 16), opening up a space where Chasm encloses it.
Chasm reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chasm reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 16), opening up a space where Chasm encloses it.
Chasm reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 16), opening up a space where Chasm encloses it.
At LRV 31 vs 16, Pale Green is decisively the brighter choice.