Spiced Cider vs Pewter Green
Where Spiced Cider belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Pewter Green is a Sherwin-Williams color. Spiced Cider reads as beige, while Pewter Green reads as green-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Spiced Cider (LRV 63) reflects noticeably more light than Pewter Green (LRV 12), a difference of 51 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 47.2, 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.
Spiced Cider vs Pewter Green in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Spiced Cider and Pewter Green 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 Spiced Cider will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pewter Green 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. Spiced Cider reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Spiced Cider reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
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. Spiced Cider 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. Spiced Cider reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Color Details
Spiced Cider vs Pewter Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Spiced Cider on one side and Pewter Green 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 Spiced Cider comparisons
See how Spiced Cider stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Spiced Cider encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (69 vs 63) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Spiced Cider reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Spiced Cider the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Spiced Cider is decisively the brighter choice.
Spiced Cider reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Spiced Cider reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Spiced Cider reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Spiced Cider is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 4, Spiced Cider is decisively the brighter choice.
Spiced Cider reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Spiced Cider reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Spiced Cider reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 21, Spiced Cider is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Spiced Cider encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 63 vs 41, Spiced Cider is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 25, Spiced Cider is decisively the brighter choice.
Spiced Cider reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Spiced Cider reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Spiced Cider is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 7, Spiced Cider is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 24, Spiced Cider is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (63 vs 57) makes Spiced Cider the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (72 vs 63) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.