Soft Silver vs Warm Putty
Soft Silver (Cloverdale Paint) and Warm Putty (Valspar) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 67 vs 65 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. A ΔE of 2.9 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.
Soft Silver vs Warm Putty in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Soft Silver and Warm Putty 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
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Soft Silver vs Warm Putty Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Soft Silver on one side and Warm Putty 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 Soft Silver comparisons
See how Soft Silver stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 67), opening up a space where Soft Silver encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Soft Silver reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 52, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 30, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Silver reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (67 vs 60) makes Soft Silver the marginally brighter of the two.
Soft Silver reads slightly lighter (LRV 67 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Soft Silver reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 43, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 4, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Silver reads slightly lighter (LRV 67 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Soft Silver reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Soft Silver reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 67, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 21, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 67 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 67), opening up a space where Soft Silver encloses it.
Soft Silver reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 67 vs 41, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 67 vs 25, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Soft Silver reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Soft Silver reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 31, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 7, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 24, Soft Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (67 vs 57) makes Soft Silver the marginally brighter of the two.