Petunia Trail vs Dix Blue
Where Petunia Trail belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Dix Blue is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Petunia Trail belongs to the blue-purple family and Dix Blue to the blue-grey family. Petunia Trail (LRV 47) reflects noticeably more light than Dix Blue (LRV 41), a difference of 6 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 20.0, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Petunia Trail vs Dix Blue in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Petunia Trail 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Petunia Trail gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Petunia Trail reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Petunia Trail has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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. Petunia Trail reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Petunia Trail vs Dix Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Petunia Trail 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 Petunia Trail comparisons
See how Petunia Trail stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 47, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.
At LRV 47 vs 6, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (52 vs 47) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (58 vs 47) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 47 vs 27, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
Petunia Trail reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (55 vs 47) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 47 vs 13, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (47 vs 44) makes Petunia Trail the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 47, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 47, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 47, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 47 vs 12, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 47, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 47 vs 12, Petunia Trail is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Petunia Trail reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 47), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 47), opening up a space where Petunia Trail encloses it.