Silver Glass vs Pigeon
Where Silver Glass belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pigeon is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Silver Glass belongs to the green-grey family and Pigeon to the grey family. Silver Glass (LRV 55) reflects noticeably more light than Pigeon (LRV 51), a difference of 4 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 14.0, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Silver Glass vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Silver Glass 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
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 — Silver Glass 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. Silver Glass reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Silver Glass reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Silver Glass vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Silver Glass 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 Silver Glass comparisons
See how Silver Glass stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 55, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
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Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 30, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (60 vs 55) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (55 vs 43) makes Silver Glass the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 55 vs 4, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Silver Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 21, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Silver Glass encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 55), opening up a space where Silver Glass encloses it.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
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At LRV 55 vs 41, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Glass reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Silver Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 31, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 7, Silver Glass is decisively the brighter choice.