Sweet Flower vs Pine Needle
Where Sweet Flower belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pine Needle is a Dulux color. Sweet Flower reads as blue-white, while Pine Needle reads as green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Sweet Flower (LRV 77) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 70 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 64.2, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sweet Flower vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sweet Flower and Pine Needle 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 Sweet Flower will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pine Needle 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. Sweet Flower reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
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. Sweet Flower reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Color Details
Sweet Flower vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sweet Flower on one side and Pine Needle 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 Sweet Flower comparisons
See how Sweet Flower stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (77 vs 69) makes Sweet Flower the marginally brighter of the two.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 52, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 30, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 60, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 43, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 4, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (84 vs 77) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 77 vs 21, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Flower reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 77 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 77), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Sweet Flower reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 77 vs 41, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (77 vs 68) makes Sweet Flower the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 77 vs 25, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Sweet Flower reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 77 vs 31, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 24, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 57, Sweet Flower is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (77 vs 72) makes Sweet Flower the marginally brighter of the two.