Pale Petunia vs Duck Green
Pale Petunia (Cloverdale Paint) and Duck Green (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Pale Petunia belongs to the pink-red family and Duck Green to the green-grey family. The 55-point LRV gap — 63 for Pale Petunia vs 8 for Duck Green — means Pale Petunia will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 56.5 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pale Petunia vs Duck Green in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pale Petunia 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
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. Pale Petunia reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Duck Green.
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. Pale Petunia returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Pale Petunia returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The LRV gap is large enough that Pale Petunia will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Duck Green would.
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. Pale Petunia returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Pale Petunia vs Duck Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pale Petunia 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 Pale Petunia comparisons
See how Pale Petunia stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 63, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 6, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Petunia reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Pale Petunia the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 63 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Pale Petunia the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 27, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (63 vs 55) makes Pale Petunia the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 13, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 44, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 63), opening up a space where Pale Petunia encloses it.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (74 vs 63) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 63, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 45, Pale Petunia is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pale Petunia reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.