Proud Peacock vs Livid
Where Proud Peacock belongs to Dulux's range, Livid is a Little Greene color. Proud Peacock reads as blue, while Livid reads as blue-green — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Proud Peacock has an LRV of 21. Proud Peacock runs cool while Livid is decidedly green, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 17.0, 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.
Proud Peacock vs Livid in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Proud Peacock and Livid 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Proud Peacock vs Livid Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Proud Peacock on one side and Livid 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 Proud Peacock comparisons
See how Proud Peacock stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 21, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
Proud Peacock reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 21, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (30 vs 21) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 21, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 21, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 21 vs 4, Proud Peacock is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
Proud Peacock reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 21, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 21, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Proud Peacock reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Proud Peacock reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 21, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Proud Peacock reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 21), opening up a space where Proud Peacock encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (31 vs 21) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 21 vs 7, Proud Peacock is decisively the brighter choice.