Fluid Blue vs Pigeon
Where Fluid Blue belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pigeon is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Fluid Blue belongs to the blue family and Pigeon to the grey family. Fluid Blue (LRV 66) reflects noticeably more light than Pigeon (LRV 51), a difference of 15 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 26.6, 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.
Fluid Blue vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Fluid Blue 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
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 Fluid Blue will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pigeon 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. Fluid Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
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. Fluid Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
Color Details
Fluid Blue vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fluid Blue 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 Fluid Blue comparisons
See how Fluid Blue stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 69 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 66, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 6, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Fluid Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Fluid Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 27, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Fluid Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 13, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 44, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 66), opening up a space where Fluid Blue encloses it.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (74 vs 66) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 66, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 8, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 45, Fluid Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Fluid Blue reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.