Cascade White vs French Gray
Where Cascade White belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Cascade White belongs to the blue-grey family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. Cascade White (LRV 74) reflects noticeably more light than French Gray (LRV 43), a difference of 30 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Cascade White runs blue while French Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 22.1, 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.
Cascade White vs French Gray in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cascade White and French Gray 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 Cascade White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than French Gray 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. Cascade White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Cascade White returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Cascade White vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cascade White on one side and French Gray 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 Cascade White comparisons
See how Cascade White stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Cascade White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 6, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 27, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 13, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 44, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (74 vs 66) makes Cascade White the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Cascade White the marginally brighter of the two.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Cascade White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 45, Cascade White is decisively the brighter choice.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Cascade White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.