Icing vs Snowbound
Where Icing belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Snowbound is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Snowbound (LRV 83) reflects noticeably more light than Icing (LRV 70), a difference of 12 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. The ΔE 7.3 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Icing vs Snowbound in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Icing 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
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The LRV gap is large enough that Snowbound will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Icing would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Icing.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Icing.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Snowbound returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Icing.
Color Details
Icing vs Snowbound Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Icing 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 Icing comparisons
See how Icing stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 70), opening up a space where Icing encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 52, Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 30, Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (70 vs 60) makes Icing the marginally brighter of the two.
Icing reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Icing reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 43, Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
Icing reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Icing reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 70, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Icing reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Icing reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Icing reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Icing reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 31, Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 7, Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 24, Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 57, Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.