Perennial Garden vs Bancha
Where Perennial Garden belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Bancha is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Perennial Garden belongs to the green family and Bancha to the beige-greige family. Perennial Garden (LRV 35) reflects noticeably more light than Bancha (LRV 13), a difference of 22 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 22.4, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Perennial Garden vs Bancha in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Perennial Garden and Bancha 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 Perennial Garden will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Bancha 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. Perennial Garden reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Perennial Garden reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
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. Perennial Garden 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. Perennial Garden reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Bancha.
Color Details
Perennial Garden vs Bancha Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Perennial Garden on one side and Bancha 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 Perennial Garden comparisons
See how Perennial Garden stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 35, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 35), opening up a space where Perennial Garden encloses it.
Perennial Garden reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 35, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (35 vs 30) makes Perennial Garden the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 35), opening up a space where Perennial Garden encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 35, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 35), opening up a space where Perennial Garden encloses it.
Perennial Garden reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (43 vs 35) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 35 vs 4, Perennial Garden is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 35), opening up a space where Perennial Garden encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 35, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 35 vs 21, Perennial Garden is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 35), opening up a space where Perennial Garden encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 35), opening up a space where Perennial Garden encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 35), opening up a space where Perennial Garden encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 35, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Perennial Garden reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Perennial Garden reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 35), opening up a space where Perennial Garden encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (41 vs 35) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
Perennial Garden reflects far more light (LRV 35 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (35 vs 31) makes Perennial Garden the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 35 vs 7, Perennial Garden is decisively the brighter choice.