Flour vs Shoji White
Flour (Cloverdale Paint) and Shoji White (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Flour belongs to the white family and Shoji White to the beige-greige family. The 7-point LRV gap — 81 for Flour vs 74 for Shoji White — means Flour will open up a space more effectively. ΔE 6.0 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Flour vs Shoji White in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Flour and Shoji White 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Flour reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Flour has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Flour has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The brightness difference is modest but present — Flour gives the walls a little more lift.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Flour has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Color Details
Flour vs Shoji White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Flour on one side and Shoji 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 Flour comparisons
See how Flour stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 83 and 81, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 81 vs 52, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 30, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 60, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 81 vs 43, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
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Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 81), so neither reads brighter in a room.
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At LRV 81 vs 31, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 7, Flour is decisively the brighter choice.