Cloud Nine vs French Gray
Where Cloud Nine belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Cloud Nine belongs to the yellow family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. Cloud Nine (LRV 84) reflects noticeably more light than French Gray (LRV 43), a difference of 40 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Cloud Nine runs yellow while French Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 23.4, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cloud Nine vs French Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cloud Nine 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 Cloud Nine will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than French Gray would.
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. Cloud Nine returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Cloud Nine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Cloud Nine reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
Color Details
Cloud Nine vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cloud Nine 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 Cloud Nine comparisons
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At LRV 84 vs 52, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 84 vs 58, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 27, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud Nine reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 13, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 44, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Cloud Nine reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 66, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Cloud Nine the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
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Cloud Nine reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 68), opening up a space where Calamine encloses it.
Cloud Nine reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 45, Cloud Nine is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud Nine reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cloud Nine reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
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Cloud Nine reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
Cloud Nine reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.