Pure Brilliant White vs Quiet Hideaway
Pure Brilliant White and Quiet Hideaway come from the same Dulux collection. Both sit in the greige-white family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 3-point LRV gap — 84 for Pure Brilliant White vs 81 for Quiet Hideaway — means Pure Brilliant White will open up a space more effectively. Both share a warm character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. A ΔE of 1.8 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pure Brilliant White vs Quiet Hideaway in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Pure Brilliant White and Quiet Hideaway are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Color Details
Pure Brilliant White vs Quiet Hideaway Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pure Brilliant White on one side and Quiet Hideaway 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 Pure Brilliant White comparisons
See how Pure Brilliant White stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 84 vs 6, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 52, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 27, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 13, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 44, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 66, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Pure Brilliant White the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 8, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 45, Pure Brilliant White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.