Driftwood vs Soft Grey
Driftwood is a Cloverdale Paint color while Soft Grey comes from Jotun. Both sit in the greige-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 41 and 40, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.1, 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.
Driftwood vs Soft Grey in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Driftwood and Soft Grey 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.
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
Driftwood vs Soft Grey Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Driftwood on one side and Soft Grey 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 Driftwood comparisons
See how Driftwood stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 41), opening up a space where Driftwood encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (52 vs 41) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
A 10-point LRV gap (41 vs 30) makes Driftwood the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 41, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 41), opening up a space where Driftwood encloses it.
Driftwood reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 43 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 41), opening up a space where Driftwood encloses it.
With LRVs of 44 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 41, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 41), opening up a space where Driftwood encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 41), opening up a space where Driftwood encloses it.
Driftwood reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Driftwood reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 41), opening up a space where Driftwood encloses it.
Driftwood reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (41 vs 31) makes Driftwood the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 41 vs 7, Driftwood is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 41 vs 24, Driftwood is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 41, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.