Rice Paper vs Hardwick White
Where Rice Paper belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hardwick White is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Rice Paper belongs to the beige family and Hardwick White to the greige-grey family. Rice Paper (LRV 74) reflects noticeably more light than Hardwick White (LRV 44), a difference of 30 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 17.4, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Rice Paper vs Hardwick White in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Rice Paper and Hardwick White 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 Rice Paper will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Hardwick White 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. Rice Paper reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Rice Paper reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
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. Rice Paper 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. Rice Paper reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Hardwick White.
Color Details
Rice Paper vs Hardwick White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rice Paper on one side and Hardwick White 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 Rice Paper comparisons
See how Rice Paper stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Rice Paper the marginally brighter of the two.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 30, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 43, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 4, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 21, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Rice Paper reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 41, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Rice Paper the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 25, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Rice Paper reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 31, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 7, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 24, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 57, Rice Paper is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.