Mineral Mist vs Purbeck Stone
Where Mineral Mist belongs to Dulux's range, Purbeck Stone is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Mineral Mist belongs to the blue family and Purbeck Stone to the greige-grey family. Mineral Mist (LRV 69) reflects noticeably more light than Purbeck Stone (LRV 52), a difference of 17 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Mineral Mist runs cool while Purbeck Stone is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 16.5, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mineral Mist vs Purbeck Stone in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mineral Mist and Purbeck Stone 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 Mineral Mist will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Purbeck Stone 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. Mineral Mist reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Purbeck Stone.
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. Mineral Mist 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. Mineral Mist reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Purbeck Stone.
Color Details
Mineral Mist vs Purbeck Stone Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mineral Mist on one side and Purbeck Stone 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 Mineral Mist comparisons
See how Mineral Mist stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 69 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 69, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 6, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Mineral Mist reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 52, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Mineral Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (69 vs 58) makes Mineral Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 69 vs 27, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Mineral Mist reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Mineral Mist reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 55, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 13, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 44, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 69), opening up a space where Mineral Mist encloses it.
Mineral Mist reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (69 vs 66) makes Mineral Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 69, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Mineral Mist reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 8, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Mineral Mist reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 45, Mineral Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
Mineral Mist reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Mineral Mist reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.