Haze Grey vs Pine Needle
Where Haze Grey belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pine Needle is a Dulux color. Haze Grey reads as blue-grey, while Pine Needle reads as green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Haze Grey (LRV 21) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 14 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 32.8, 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.
Haze Grey vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Haze Grey 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 Haze Grey 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. Haze Grey 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. Haze Grey reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Color Details
Haze Grey vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Haze Grey 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 Haze Grey comparisons
See how Haze Grey stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Haze Grey encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 21, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (30 vs 21) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 21, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 21), opening up a space where Haze Grey encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 21, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 21), opening up a space where Haze Grey encloses it.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 21), opening up a space where Haze Grey encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 21, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Haze Grey encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 21), opening up a space where Haze Grey encloses it.
Haze Grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 21), opening up a space where Haze Grey encloses it.
Haze Grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 21), opening up a space where Haze Grey encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (31 vs 21) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 24 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 57 vs 21, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 21, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.