Mini Green vs Pine Needle
Where Mini Green 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. Mini Green (LRV 52) reflects noticeably more light than Pine Needle (LRV 7), a difference of 45 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 48.5, 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.
Mini Green vs Pine Needle in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Mini Green 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 Mini Green 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. Mini Green 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. Mini Green reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pine Needle.
Color Details
Mini Green vs Pine Needle Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mini Green 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 Mini Green comparisons
See how Mini Green stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 52 vs 6, Mini Green is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 52 vs 27, Mini Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Mini Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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A 3-point LRV gap (55 vs 52) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 52 vs 13, Mini Green is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (52 vs 44) makes Mini Green the marginally brighter of the two.
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At LRV 52 vs 12, Mini Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 52 vs 8, Mini Green is decisively the brighter choice.
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Mini Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 12, Mini Green is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (52 vs 45) makes Mini Green the marginally brighter of the two.
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