Mineral Water vs Pigeon
Where Mineral Water belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pigeon is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Mineral Water belongs to the beige family and Pigeon to the grey family. Mineral Water (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 19.4, 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.
Mineral Water vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mineral Water 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 Mineral Water 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. Mineral Water 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. Mineral Water reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
Color Details
Mineral Water vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mineral Water 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 Mineral Water comparisons
See how Mineral Water stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 66), opening up a space where Mineral Water encloses it.
Mineral Water reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Mineral Water is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 30, Mineral Water is decisively the brighter choice.
Mineral Water reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (66 vs 60) makes Mineral Water the marginally brighter of the two.
Mineral Water reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Mineral Water reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 43, Mineral Water is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 4, Mineral Water is decisively the brighter choice.
Mineral Water reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Mineral Water reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Mineral Water reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 66, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 21, Mineral Water is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 66), opening up a space where Mineral Water encloses it.
Mineral Water reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Mineral Water reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 66 vs 41, Mineral Water is decisively the brighter choice.
Mineral Water reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Mineral Water reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 31, Mineral Water is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 7, Mineral Water is decisively the brighter choice.