Okanagan Hills vs Pine Needle
Where Okanagan Hills belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pine Needle is a Dulux color. Okanagan Hills reads as beige-greige, while Pine Needle reads as green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Okanagan Hills (LRV 42) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 35 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 48.3, 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.
Okanagan Hills vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Okanagan Hills 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 Okanagan Hills 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. Okanagan Hills 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. Okanagan Hills reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Color Details
Okanagan Hills vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Okanagan Hills 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 Okanagan Hills comparisons
See how Okanagan Hills stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 42), opening up a space where Okanagan Hills encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 42, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 6, Okanagan Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Okanagan Hills reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (52 vs 42) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 42), opening up a space where Okanagan Hills encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 42, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 27, Okanagan Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 43 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Okanagan Hills reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 42, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 13, Okanagan Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 42), opening up a space where Okanagan Hills encloses it.
Okanagan Hills reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 42, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 42, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 42, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 42 vs 12, Okanagan Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 8, Okanagan Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 42, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 42 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 42 vs 12, Okanagan Hills is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (45 vs 42) makes Saybrook Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
Okanagan Hills reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.