Pearl Colour - Dark vs S 0502-Y
Where Pearl Colour - Dark belongs to Little Greene's range, S 0502-Y is a NCS color. Pearl Colour - Dark reads as green-grey, while S 0502-Y reads as beige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. S 0502-Y (LRV 87) reflects noticeably more light than Pearl Colour - Dark (LRV 54), a difference of 33 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Pearl Colour - Dark runs green while S 0502-Y is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 17.1, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pearl Colour - Dark vs S 0502-Y in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Pearl Colour - Dark and S 0502-Y 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 S 0502-Y will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pearl Colour - Dark would.
Color Details
Pearl Colour - Dark vs S 0502-Y Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pearl Colour - Dark on one side and S 0502-Y 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 Pearl Colour - Dark comparisons
See how Pearl Colour - Dark stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
