Mizzle vs Plum Brown
Where Mizzle belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Plum Brown is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Mizzle (LRV 52) reflects noticeably more light than Plum Brown (LRV 6), a difference of 46 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Mizzle runs warm while Plum Brown is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 50.2, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mizzle vs Plum Brown in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mizzle and Plum Brown 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 Mizzle will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Plum Brown would.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Mizzle will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Plum Brown would.
Color Details
Mizzle vs Plum Brown Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mizzle on one side and Plum Brown 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 Mizzle comparisons
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