Mystic Fog vs Spare White
Where Mystic Fog belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Spare White is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Mystic Fog belongs to the beige-greige family and Spare White to the greige-white family. Mystic Fog (LRV 80) reflects noticeably more light than Spare White (LRV 77), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. At ΔE 1.4, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mystic Fog vs Spare White in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Mystic Fog and Spare 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
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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
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
Mystic Fog vs Spare White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mystic Fog on one side and Spare 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.
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