Cool Elegance vs Misty
Cool Elegance is a Cloverdale Paint color while Misty comes from Sherwin-Williams. Cool Elegance reads as grey, while Misty reads as blue-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. With LRVs of 64 and 64, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 2.0, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cool Elegance vs Misty in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Cool Elegance and Misty are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Cool Elegance vs Misty Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cool Elegance on one side and Misty 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 Cool Elegance comparisons
See how Cool Elegance stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 5-point LRV gap (69 vs 64) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 64), opening up a space where Cool Elegance encloses it.
Cool Elegance reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 52, Cool Elegance is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 30, Cool Elegance is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Elegance reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (64 vs 60) makes Cool Elegance the marginally brighter of the two.
Cool Elegance reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cool Elegance reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 43, Cool Elegance is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 4, Cool Elegance is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Elegance reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cool Elegance reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Cool Elegance reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 64, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 21, Cool Elegance is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 64, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 64), opening up a space where Cool Elegance encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 51, Cool Elegance is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Elegance reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Cool Elegance reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 64 vs 41, Cool Elegance is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Elegance reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Cool Elegance reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 31, Cool Elegance is decisively the brighter choice.