Rainfall vs Cement grey
Where Rainfall belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Cement grey is a RAL Classic color. Hue-wise, Rainfall belongs to the blue-grey family and Cement grey to the grey family. Rainfall (LRV 32) reflects noticeably more light than Cement grey (LRV 24), a difference of 8 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 15.6, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Rainfall vs Cement grey in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Rainfall and Cement grey 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Rainfall gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Rainfall reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Rainfall reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Rainfall vs Cement grey Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rainfall on one side and Cement grey 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 Rainfall comparisons
See how Rainfall stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 32, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 32), opening up a space where Rainfall encloses it.
With LRVs of 32 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 32), opening up a space where Rainfall encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 32, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (32 vs 27) makes Rainfall the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 32), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 32, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (44 vs 32) makes Hardwick White the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 32), opening up a space where Rainfall encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 32, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 32, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 32 vs 12, Rainfall is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 32, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 32 vs 12, Rainfall is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 32, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 32 and 31, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Rainfall reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 32), opening up a space where Rainfall encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 32), opening up a space where Rainfall encloses it.