Porcelain vs Iron Ore
Porcelain (Cloverdale Paint) and Iron Ore (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Porcelain belongs to the greige-white family and Iron Ore to the grey family. The 71-point LRV gap — 76 for Porcelain vs 6 for Iron Ore — means Porcelain will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 61.8 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Porcelain vs Iron Ore in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Porcelain and Iron Ore 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. Porcelain reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Iron Ore.
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. Porcelain returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Porcelain 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 Porcelain will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Iron Ore 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. Porcelain returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Porcelain vs Iron Ore Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Porcelain on one side and Iron Ore 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 Porcelain comparisons
See how Porcelain stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 58, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 27, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 55, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 44, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (76 vs 66) makes Porcelain the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 76 vs 12, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (76 vs 68) makes Porcelain the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 76 vs 12, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 45, Porcelain is decisively the brighter choice.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Porcelain reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
Porcelain reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.