Sunny Mood vs Mizzle
Where Sunny Mood belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Mizzle is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Sunny Mood belongs to the beige family and Mizzle to the grey family. Sunny Mood (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than Mizzle (LRV 52), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 54.3, 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.
Sunny Mood vs Mizzle in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sunny Mood 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 Sunny Mood 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. Sunny Mood 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. Sunny Mood 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. Sunny Mood 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. Sunny Mood reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mizzle.
Color Details
Sunny Mood vs Mizzle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sunny Mood 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 Sunny Mood comparisons
See how Sunny Mood stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 61, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 61 vs 6, Sunny Mood is decisively the brighter choice.
Sunny Mood reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sunny Mood reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
With LRVs of 61 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (61 vs 58) makes Sunny Mood the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 27, Sunny Mood is decisively the brighter choice.
Sunny Mood reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Sunny Mood reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (61 vs 55) makes Sunny Mood the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 13, Sunny Mood is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 44, Sunny Mood is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 61), opening up a space where Sunny Mood encloses it.
Sunny Mood reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (66 vs 61) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 61, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 61, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Sunny Mood is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Sunny Mood reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Calamine reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sunny Mood reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Sunny Mood is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 45, Sunny Mood is decisively the brighter choice.
Sunny Mood reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Sunny Mood reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Sunny Mood reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Sunny Mood reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.