Claystone vs Hardwick White
Where Claystone belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hardwick White is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Claystone belongs to the beige-greige family and Hardwick White to the greige-grey family. Claystone (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than Hardwick White (LRV 44), a difference of 16 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 10.3, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Claystone vs Hardwick White in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Claystone and Hardwick White 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 Claystone will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Hardwick White 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. Claystone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Claystone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
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. Claystone 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. Claystone reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
Color Details
Claystone vs Hardwick White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Claystone on one side and Hardwick White 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 Claystone comparisons
See how Claystone stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Claystone encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Claystone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 30, Claystone is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Claystone reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 43, Claystone is decisively the brighter choice.
Claystone reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 60, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 60), opening up a space where Claystone encloses it.
Claystone reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Claystone reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Claystone reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Claystone reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 31, Claystone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 7, Claystone is decisively the brighter choice.