Palm vs Whirlybird
Palm and Whirlybird come from the same Farrow & Ball collection. Both sit in the green family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 12-point LRV gap — 58 for Palm vs 46 for Whirlybird — means Palm will open up a space more effectively. Both share a neutral character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. ΔE 7.9 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Palm vs Whirlybird in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Palm and Whirlybird 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.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Palm returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Palm vs Whirlybird Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Palm on one side and Whirlybird 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 Palm comparisons
See how Palm stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 58, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Palm reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Palm reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Palm reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (58 vs 55) makes Palm the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 44, Palm is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 58), opening up a space where Palm encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Palm is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 45, Palm is decisively the brighter choice.
Palm reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.