Sweet Embrace vs Pigeon
Where Sweet Embrace belongs to Dulux's range, Pigeon is a Farrow & Ball color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Sweet Embrace (LRV 64) reflects noticeably more light than Pigeon (LRV 51), a difference of 13 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Sweet Embrace runs warm while Pigeon is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 18.5, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sweet Embrace vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Sweet Embrace 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Sweet Embrace reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
Color Details
Sweet Embrace vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sweet Embrace 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 Sweet Embrace comparisons
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Sweet Embrace reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 52, Sweet Embrace is decisively the brighter choice.
Sweet Embrace reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (64 vs 58) makes Sweet Embrace the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 27, Sweet Embrace is decisively the brighter choice.
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Sweet Embrace reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (64 vs 55) makes Sweet Embrace the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 13, Sweet Embrace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 44, Sweet Embrace is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 10-point LRV gap (74 vs 64) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 64, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Sweet Embrace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 8, Sweet Embrace is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (68 vs 64) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
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At LRV 64 vs 12, Sweet Embrace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 45, Sweet Embrace is decisively the brighter choice.
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