Sleet vs Fortitude
Sleet (Cloverdale Paint) and Fortitude (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 55 vs 56 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. A ΔE of 0.9 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sleet vs Fortitude in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Sleet and Fortitude 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.
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. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Color Details
Sleet vs Fortitude Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sleet on one side and Fortitude 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 Sleet comparisons
See how Sleet stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 55 vs 27, Sleet is decisively the brighter choice.
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Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 12-point LRV gap (55 vs 44) makes Sleet the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 55), opening up a space where Sleet encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Sleet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 55, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 55 vs 12, Sleet is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (55 vs 45) makes Sleet the marginally brighter of the two.
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