Cloudy Today vs Artichoke
Where Cloudy Today belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Cloudy Today (LRV 37) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 16 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 17.6, 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.
Cloudy Today vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cloudy Today and Artichoke 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 Cloudy Today will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke 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. Cloudy Today reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
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. Cloudy Today reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Cloudy Today vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cloudy Today on one side and Artichoke 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 Cloudy Today comparisons
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At LRV 37 vs 4, Cloudy Today is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 4-point LRV gap (41 vs 37) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
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Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 37), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (37 vs 31) makes Cloudy Today the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 37 vs 7, Cloudy Today is decisively the brighter choice.