Precious Peony vs Rushing Red
Where Precious Peony belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Rushing Red is a Valspar color. Both sit in the pink-red family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Precious Peony (LRV 16) reflects noticeably more light than Rushing Red (LRV 7), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 18.8, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Precious Peony vs Rushing Red in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Precious Peony and Rushing Red 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 Precious Peony will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Rushing Red 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. Precious Peony reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Rushing Red.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Precious Peony reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Rushing Red.
Color Details
Precious Peony vs Rushing Red Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Precious Peony on one side and Rushing Red 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 Precious Peony comparisons
See how Precious Peony stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 16, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
Precious Peony reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 16, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 16, Evergreen Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 16, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 16, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (16 vs 4) makes Precious Peony the marginally brighter of the two.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
With LRVs of 16 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 16, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (21 vs 16) makes Artichoke the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 16, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Precious Peony reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Precious Peony reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 16, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Precious Peony reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 16), opening up a space where Precious Peony encloses it.
At LRV 31 vs 16, Pale Green is decisively the brighter choice.