Meadow Grass vs Pine Needle
Meadow Grass (Cloverdale Paint) and Pine Needle (Dulux) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the green family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 56-point LRV gap — 63 for Meadow Grass vs 7 for Pine Needle — means Meadow Grass will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 56.2 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Meadow Grass vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Meadow Grass 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Meadow Grass reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Meadow Grass returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Meadow Grass returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Meadow Grass vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Meadow Grass 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 Meadow Grass comparisons
See how Meadow Grass 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 Meadow Grass encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (69 vs 63) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Meadow Grass the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
Meadow Grass reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Meadow Grass reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 4, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
Meadow Grass reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Meadow Grass 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.
At LRV 63 vs 21, Meadow Grass 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.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Meadow Grass encloses it.
Meadow Grass 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.
At LRV 63 vs 41, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 25, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Meadow Grass reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 24, Meadow Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 57) makes Meadow Grass the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (72 vs 63) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.