Gesso vs Futon
Where Gesso belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Futon is a Sherwin-Williams color. These are both beiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (78 vs 80), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 0.7, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Gesso vs Futon in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Gesso and Futon 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.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Gesso vs Futon Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Gesso on one side and Futon 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 Gesso comparisons
See how Gesso stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Gesso reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Gesso reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Gesso reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 58, Gesso is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 27, Gesso is decisively the brighter choice.
Gesso reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 55, Gesso is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 44, Gesso is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 78 vs 66, Gesso is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (78 vs 74) makes Gesso the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Gesso is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (78 vs 68) makes Gesso the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Gesso is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 45, Gesso is decisively the brighter choice.
Gesso reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.