Mizzle vs Searching Blue
Where Mizzle belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Searching Blue is a Sherwin-Williams color. Mizzle reads as grey, while Searching Blue reads as blue — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Mizzle (LRV 52) reflects noticeably more light than Searching Blue (LRV 21), a difference of 31 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Mizzle runs warm while Searching Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 35.0, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mizzle vs Searching Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mizzle and Searching Blue in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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. Mizzle returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Mizzle reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Searching Blue.
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 Searching Blue would.
Color Details
Mizzle vs Searching Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mizzle on one side and Searching Blue 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.
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