Pine Nut vs Pigeon
Pine Nut is a Cloverdale Paint color while Pigeon comes from Farrow & Ball. Hue-wise, Pine Nut belongs to the beige family and Pigeon to the grey family. With LRVs of 53 and 51, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. At ΔE 27.4, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pine Nut vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pine Nut and Pigeon 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Pine Nut vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pine Nut on one side and Pigeon 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 Pine Nut comparisons
See how Pine Nut stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Pine Nut encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 53 vs 30, Pine Nut is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 53) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pine Nut reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (53 vs 43) makes Pine Nut the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Pine Nut reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 53, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 53), opening up a space where Pine Nut encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 53), opening up a space where Pine Nut encloses it.
Pine Nut reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Pine Nut reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where Pine Nut encloses it.
Pine Nut reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Pine Nut reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 53 vs 31, Pine Nut is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 7, Pine Nut is decisively the brighter choice.