Pastel Peach vs Dix Blue
Where Pastel Peach belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Pastel Peach belongs to the beige family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Pastel Peach (LRV 65) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 24 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 29.8, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pastel Peach vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pastel Peach and Dix Blue 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 Pastel Peach will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Dix Blue 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. Pastel Peach reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
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. Pastel Peach 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. Pastel Peach reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Dix Blue.
Color Details
Pastel Peach vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pastel Peach on one side and Dix Blue 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 Pastel Peach comparisons
See how Pastel Peach stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 83 vs 65, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 6, Pastel Peach is decisively the brighter choice.
Pastel Peach reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Pastel Peach reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 52, Pastel Peach is decisively the brighter choice.
Pastel Peach reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (65 vs 58) makes Pastel Peach the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 65 vs 27, Pastel Peach is decisively the brighter choice.
Pastel Peach reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Pastel Peach reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (65 vs 55) makes Pastel Peach the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 65 vs 13, Pastel Peach is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 44, Pastel Peach is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 65), opening up a space where Pastel Peach encloses it.
Pastel Peach reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 65), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (74 vs 65) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 65, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pastel Peach reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 12, Pastel Peach is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 8, Pastel Peach is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (68 vs 65) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 65 vs 12, Pastel Peach is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 45, Pastel Peach is decisively the brighter choice.
Pastel Peach reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pastel Peach reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.