Summer Beige vs Mizzle
Where Summer Beige belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Mizzle is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Summer Beige belongs to the beige-pink family and Mizzle to the grey family. Summer Beige (LRV 59) reflects noticeably more light than Mizzle (LRV 52), a difference of 7 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 10.2, 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.
Summer Beige vs Mizzle in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Summer Beige 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Summer Beige 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. Summer Beige reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Summer Beige 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. Summer Beige 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. Summer Beige reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Summer Beige vs Mizzle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Summer Beige 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 Summer Beige comparisons
See how Summer Beige stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 59), opening up a space where Summer Beige encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (69 vs 59) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Summer Beige reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (59 vs 52) makes Summer Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 30, Summer Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 59 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Summer Beige reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 43, Summer Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 4, Summer Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 59 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Summer Beige reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Summer Beige reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 59, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 21, Summer Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 59), opening up a space where Summer Beige encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 59), opening up a space where Summer Beige encloses it.
Summer Beige reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 59 vs 41, Summer Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (68 vs 59) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 59 vs 25, Summer Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Beige reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Summer Beige reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 31, Summer Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 7, Summer Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 24, Summer Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 72 vs 59, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.