Cotton vs Snowbound
Cotton is a Cloverdale Paint color while Snowbound comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 81 and 83, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 2.2, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cotton vs Snowbound in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Cotton and Snowbound 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.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. 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.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Cotton vs Snowbound Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cotton on one side and Snowbound 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 Cotton comparisons
See how Cotton stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 58, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 27, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 81 vs 55, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 44, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 81), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 81 vs 66, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (81 vs 74) makes Cotton the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 81 vs 12, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 8, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 68, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 12, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 45, Cotton is decisively the brighter choice.
Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cotton reflects far more light (LRV 81 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.