Pumpkin Seed vs Roycroft Suede
Pumpkin Seed is a Cloverdale Paint color while Roycroft Suede comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 32 and 31, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 2.5, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pumpkin Seed vs Roycroft Suede in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Pumpkin Seed and Roycroft Suede 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Pumpkin Seed vs Roycroft Suede Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pumpkin Seed on one side and Roycroft Suede 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 Pumpkin Seed comparisons
See how Pumpkin Seed stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 69 vs 32, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Pumpkin Seed reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 32, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 30), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 32), opening up a space where Pumpkin Seed encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 32, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 32), opening up a space where Pumpkin Seed encloses it.
Pumpkin Seed reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (43 vs 32) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 32 vs 4, Pumpkin Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 32), opening up a space where Pumpkin Seed encloses it.
Pumpkin Seed reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 32, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (32 vs 21) makes Pumpkin Seed the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 32), opening up a space where Pumpkin Seed encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 32), opening up a space where Pumpkin Seed encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 32), opening up a space where Pumpkin Seed encloses it.
Pumpkin Seed reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 32), opening up a space where Pumpkin Seed encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (41 vs 32) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 32, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (32 vs 25) makes Pumpkin Seed the marginally brighter of the two.
Pumpkin Seed reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 32), opening up a space where Pumpkin Seed encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 32 vs 31), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 32 vs 7, Pumpkin Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (32 vs 24) makes Pumpkin Seed the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 57 vs 32, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.