Pure Laughter vs Mizzle
Where Pure Laughter belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Mizzle is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Pure Laughter belongs to the beige-yellow family and Mizzle to the grey family. Pure Laughter (LRV 88) reflects noticeably more light than Mizzle (LRV 52), a difference of 36 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 21.4, 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.
Pure Laughter vs Mizzle in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pure Laughter and Mizzle 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 Pure Laughter will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Mizzle 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. Pure Laughter reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mizzle.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Pure Laughter reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mizzle.
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. Pure Laughter 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. Pure Laughter reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mizzle.
Color Details
Pure Laughter vs Mizzle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pure Laughter on one side and Mizzle 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 Pure Laughter comparisons
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Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (88 vs 83) makes Pure Laughter the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 88 vs 6, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 88 vs 58, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 88 vs 27, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 88 vs 55, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 88 vs 13, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 88 vs 44, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Laughter reads slightly lighter (LRV 88 vs 84), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 88 vs 66, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 88 vs 74, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (88 vs 83) makes Pure Laughter the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 88 vs 12, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 88 vs 8, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 88 vs 68, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 88 vs 12, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 88 vs 45, Pure Laughter is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pure Laughter reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.