Chenille vs Pine Needle
Where Chenille belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pine Needle is a Dulux color. Hue-wise, Chenille belongs to the beige family and Pine Needle to the green family. Chenille (LRV 63) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 56 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 58.5, 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.
Chenille vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Chenille 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 Chenille 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. Chenille 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. Chenille reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Color Details
Chenille vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chenille 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 Chenille comparisons
See how Chenille stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Chenille encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Chenille the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Chenille is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (63 vs 60) makes Chenille the marginally brighter of the two.
Chenille reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chenille reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Chenille is decisively the brighter choice.
Chenille reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chenille reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chenille reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chenille reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Chenille reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Chenille is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 24, Chenille is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 57) makes Chenille the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (72 vs 63) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.