Pure Brilliant White vs Pigeon
Where Pure Brilliant White belongs to Dulux's range, Pigeon is a Farrow & Ball color. Pure Brilliant White reads as greige-white, while Pigeon reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Pure Brilliant White (LRV 84) reflects noticeably more light than Pigeon (LRV 51), a difference of 33 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Pure Brilliant White runs warm while Pigeon is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 28.1, 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.
Pure Brilliant White vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pure Brilliant White and Pigeon 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 Pure Brilliant White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pigeon 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. Pure Brilliant White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
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. Pure Brilliant White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Pure Brilliant White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
Color Details
Pure Brilliant White vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pure Brilliant White on one side and Pigeon 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.
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.
Pure Brilliant White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.