Lucerne vs Pine Needle
Where Lucerne belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pine Needle is a Dulux color. Both sit in the green family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Lucerne (LRV 42) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 35 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 46.7, 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.
Lucerne vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Lucerne and Pine Needle 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 Lucerne will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pine Needle 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. Lucerne reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
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. Lucerne reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Color Details
Lucerne vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lucerne on one side and Pine Needle 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 Lucerne comparisons
See how Lucerne stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 42), opening up a space where Lucerne encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (52 vs 42) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
A 12-point LRV gap (42 vs 30) makes Lucerne the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 42, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 42), opening up a space where Lucerne encloses it.
Lucerne reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 42), opening up a space where Lucerne encloses it.
With LRVs of 44 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 42, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 42), opening up a space where Lucerne encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 42), opening up a space where Lucerne encloses it.
Lucerne reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Lucerne reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 42), opening up a space where Lucerne encloses it.
Lucerne reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (42 vs 31) makes Lucerne the marginally brighter of the two.