Pale Loden vs French Gray
Where Pale Loden belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Pale Loden belongs to the green-grey family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. Pale Loden (LRV 64) reflects noticeably more light than French Gray (LRV 43), a difference of 21 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 14.7, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pale Loden vs French Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pale Loden 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
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 Pale Loden will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than French Gray 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. Pale Loden reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
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. Pale Loden 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. Pale Loden reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
Color Details
Pale Loden vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pale Loden 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 Pale Loden comparisons
See how Pale Loden stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 64, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 6, Pale Loden is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Loden reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Pale Loden reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 52, Pale Loden is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Loden reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (64 vs 58) makes Pale Loden the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 27, Pale Loden is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Loden reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (64 vs 55) makes Pale Loden the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 13, Pale Loden is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 44, Pale Loden is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 64), opening up a space where Pale Loden encloses it.
Pale Loden reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 64), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (74 vs 64) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 64, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Loden reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Pale Loden is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 8, Pale Loden is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (68 vs 64) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Pale Loden reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Pale Loden is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 45, Pale Loden is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Loden reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Pale Loden reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.