Mission Hills vs Duck Green
Where Mission Hills belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Duck Green is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Mission Hills belongs to the beige-yellow family and Duck Green to the green-grey family. Mission Hills (LRV 71) reflects noticeably more light than Duck Green (LRV 8), a difference of 63 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 53.0, 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.
Mission Hills vs Duck Green in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mission Hills 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 Mission Hills 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. Mission Hills 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. Mission Hills 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. Mission Hills 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. Mission Hills reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Duck Green.
Color Details
Mission Hills vs Duck Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mission Hills 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 Mission Hills comparisons
See how Mission Hills stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 71 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 71, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 6, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
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Mission Hills reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 52, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
Mission Hills reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 71 vs 58, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 27, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
Mission Hills reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Mission Hills reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 55, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 13, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 44, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 71), opening up a space where Mission Hills encloses it.
Mission Hills reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (71 vs 66) makes Mission Hills the marginally brighter of the two.
A 3-point LRV gap (74 vs 71) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
A 12-point LRV gap (83 vs 71) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Mission Hills reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 12, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Mission Hills reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 12, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 45, Mission Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
Mission Hills reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Mission Hills reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.