Lavender Scent vs French Gray
Lavender Scent (Cloverdale Paint) and French Gray (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Lavender Scent belongs to the grey family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. The 25-point LRV gap — 68 for Lavender Scent vs 43 for French Gray — means Lavender Scent will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 22.1 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Lavender Scent vs French Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Lavender Scent and French Gray in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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. Lavender Scent reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
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. Lavender Scent returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The LRV gap is large enough that Lavender Scent will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than French Gray would.
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. Lavender Scent returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Lavender Scent vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lavender Scent on one side and French Gray 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 Lavender Scent comparisons
See how Lavender Scent stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 68, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 69 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 68 vs 6, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Scent reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Lavender Scent the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 27, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 55, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 13, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 44, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 68), opening up a space where Lavender Scent encloses it.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 68, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 45, Lavender Scent is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Lavender Scent reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Lavender Scent reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.