Pale Hound vs Celery
Where Pale Hound belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Celery is a Sherwin-Williams color. These are both beige-yellows, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-yellow to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (72 vs 71), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. At ΔE 2.9, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pale Hound vs Celery in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Pale Hound and Celery 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.
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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Pale Hound vs Celery Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pale Hound on one side and Celery 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 Pale Hound comparisons
See how Pale Hound stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 52, Pale Hound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 30, Pale Hound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (72 vs 60) makes Pale Hound the marginally brighter of the two.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 43, Pale Hound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 4, Pale Hound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 72, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 21, Pale Hound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Hound reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 51, Pale Hound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Pale Hound reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 41, Pale Hound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Pale Hound reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 31, Pale Hound is decisively the brighter choice.