New Vellum vs French Gray
New Vellum (Cloverdale Paint) and French Gray (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 10-point LRV gap — 53 for New Vellum vs 43 for French Gray — means New Vellum will open up a space more effectively. ΔE 7.2 means they're clearly different, but not dramatically so — they'd pair well in the same room. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
New Vellum vs French Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. New Vellum and French Gray 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. New Vellum 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. New Vellum 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 New Vellum 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. New Vellum returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
New Vellum vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see New Vellum 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 New Vellum comparisons
See how New Vellum stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 53, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where New Vellum encloses it.
New Vellum reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 53 vs 30, New Vellum is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 53 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 7-point LRV gap (60 vs 53) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
New Vellum reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 53 vs 4, New Vellum is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
New Vellum reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
New Vellum reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 53, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 21, New Vellum is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 53), opening up a space where New Vellum encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 53), opening up a space where New Vellum encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where New Vellum encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
New Vellum reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
New Vellum reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where New Vellum encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (53 vs 41) makes New Vellum the marginally brighter of the two.
New Vellum reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
New Vellum reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 53 vs 31, New Vellum is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 7, New Vellum is decisively the brighter choice.