All Nighter vs French Gray
Where All Nighter belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. French Gray (LRV 43) reflects noticeably more light than All Nighter (LRV 29), a difference of 14 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 15.7, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
All Nighter vs French Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing All Nighter 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 French Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than All Nighter 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. French Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than All Nighter.
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. French Gray 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. French Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than All Nighter.
Color Details
All Nighter vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see All Nighter 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 All Nighter comparisons
See how All Nighter stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 29, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 29), opening up a space where All Nighter encloses it.
At LRV 29 vs 6, All Nighter is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 29), opening up a space where All Nighter encloses it.
With LRVs of 30 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 52 vs 29, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 29), opening up a space where All Nighter encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 29, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 29 vs 27), so neither reads brighter in a room.
All Nighter reflects far more light (LRV 29 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 29, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 29 vs 13, All Nighter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 29, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 29), opening up a space where All Nighter encloses it.
All Nighter reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 29, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 29, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 29, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 29 vs 12, All Nighter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 29, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 29), opening up a space where All Nighter encloses it.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 29), opening up a space where All Nighter encloses it.
All Nighter reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 29 vs 12, All Nighter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 29, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 31 and 29, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
All Nighter reflects far more light (LRV 29 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
All Nighter reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 29), opening up a space where All Nighter encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 29), opening up a space where All Nighter encloses it.