Flowerbed vs Duck Green
Where Flowerbed belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Duck Green is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Flowerbed belongs to the beige family and Duck Green to the green-grey family. Flowerbed (LRV 83) reflects noticeably more light than Duck Green (LRV 8), a difference of 75 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 60.0, 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.
Flowerbed vs Duck Green in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Flowerbed 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 Flowerbed 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. Flowerbed 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. Flowerbed 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. Flowerbed 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. Flowerbed reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Duck Green.
Color Details
Flowerbed vs Duck Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Flowerbed 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 Flowerbed comparisons
See how Flowerbed stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 83 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 52, Flowerbed is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 30, Flowerbed is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 60, Flowerbed is decisively the brighter choice.
Flowerbed reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Flowerbed reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 43, Flowerbed is decisively the brighter choice.
Flowerbed reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Flowerbed reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Flowerbed reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 66), opening up a space where Balboa Mist encloses it.
Flowerbed reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Flowerbed reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Flowerbed reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 68), opening up a space where Skimming Stone encloses it.
Flowerbed reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Flowerbed reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 31, Flowerbed is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 7, Flowerbed is decisively the brighter choice.