Pearl Colour vs RAL 840-2
Where Pearl Colour belongs to Little Greene's range, RAL 840-2 is a RAL Effect color. Pearl Colour reads as green-yellow, while RAL 840-2 reads as greige-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (69 vs 66), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pearl Colour vs RAL 840-2 in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Pearl Colour and RAL 840-2 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.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Pearl Colour vs RAL 840-2 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pearl Colour on one side and RAL 840-2 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 comparisons
See how Pearl Colour stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 69 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 69, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 6, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
Pearl Colour reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Pearl Colour reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 52, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
Pearl Colour reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (69 vs 58) makes Pearl Colour the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 69 vs 27, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
Pearl Colour reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Pearl Colour reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 55, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 13, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 44, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 69), opening up a space where Pearl Colour encloses it.
Pearl Colour reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 69, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pearl Colour reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 8, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pearl Colour reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 45, Pearl Colour is decisively the brighter choice.
Pearl Colour reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.