Yellow Tail vs Duck Green
Yellow Tail (Cloverdale Paint) and Duck Green (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Yellow Tail reads as beige-yellow, while Duck Green reads as green-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. The 77-point LRV gap — 85 for Yellow Tail vs 8 for Duck Green — means Yellow Tail will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 65.9 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Yellow Tail vs Duck Green in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Yellow Tail and Duck Green 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Yellow Tail reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Duck Green.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Yellow Tail returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Yellow Tail returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The LRV gap is large enough that Yellow Tail will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Duck Green would.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Yellow Tail returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Yellow Tail vs Duck Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Yellow Tail on one side and Duck Green 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 Yellow Tail comparisons
See how Yellow Tail stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 85 vs 6, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 52, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 58, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 27, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 55, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 13, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 44, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 85 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 66, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (85 vs 74) makes Yellow Tail the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 85 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 68, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 85 vs 12, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 45, Yellow Tail is decisively the brighter choice.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Yellow Tail reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.