Celtic Spring vs Pigeon
Where Celtic Spring belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pigeon is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Celtic Spring belongs to the green family and Pigeon to the grey family. Celtic Spring (LRV 65) reflects noticeably more light than Pigeon (LRV 51), a difference of 14 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 26.9, 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.
Celtic Spring vs Pigeon in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Celtic Spring and Pigeon 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 Celtic Spring will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pigeon would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Celtic Spring reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
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. Celtic Spring reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pigeon.
Color Details
Celtic Spring vs Pigeon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Celtic Spring on one side and Pigeon 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 Celtic Spring comparisons
See how Celtic Spring stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 4-point LRV gap (69 vs 65) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 65), opening up a space where Celtic Spring encloses it.
Celtic Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 52, Celtic Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 30, Celtic Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Celtic Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (65 vs 60) makes Celtic Spring the marginally brighter of the two.
Celtic Spring reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Celtic Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 43, Celtic Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 4, Celtic Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Celtic Spring reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Celtic Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Celtic Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 65, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 21, Celtic Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 65, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 65), opening up a space where Celtic Spring encloses it.
Celtic Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Celtic Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 65 vs 41, Celtic Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
Celtic Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Celtic Spring reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 65 vs 31, Celtic Spring is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 7, Celtic Spring is decisively the brighter choice.