Cherish the Moment vs Duck Green
Where Cherish the Moment belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Duck Green is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Cherish the Moment belongs to the purple family and Duck Green to the green-grey family. Cherish the Moment (LRV 48) reflects noticeably more light than Duck Green (LRV 8), a difference of 40 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 54.7, 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.
Cherish the Moment vs Duck Green in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cherish the Moment and Duck Green 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 Cherish the Moment will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Duck Green 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. Cherish the Moment reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Duck Green.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Cherish the Moment reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Duck Green.
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. Cherish the Moment 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. Cherish the Moment reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Duck Green.
Color Details
Cherish the Moment vs Duck Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cherish the Moment on one side and Duck Green 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 Cherish the Moment comparisons
See how Cherish the Moment stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 48), opening up a space where Cherish the Moment encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 48, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 6, Cherish the Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cherish the Moment reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 48), opening up a space where Cherish the Moment encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (58 vs 48) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 27, Cherish the Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
Cherish the Moment reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cherish the Moment reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (55 vs 48) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 13, Cherish the Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (48 vs 44) makes Cherish the Moment the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 48), opening up a space where Cherish the Moment encloses it.
Cherish the Moment reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 48, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 48, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 48, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 48 vs 12, Cherish the Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 48, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Cherish the Moment reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 48 vs 12, Cherish the Moment is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Cherish the Moment reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cherish the Moment reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.