Spinning Clay vs French Gray
Where Spinning Clay belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Spinning Clay belongs to the greige-grey family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. French Gray (LRV 43) reflects noticeably more light than Spinning Clay (LRV 28), a difference of 16 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 13.0, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Spinning Clay vs French Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Spinning Clay and French Gray 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 French Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Spinning Clay 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. French Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Spinning Clay.
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. French Gray 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. French Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Spinning Clay.
Color Details
Spinning Clay vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Spinning Clay on one side and French Gray 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 Spinning Clay comparisons
See how Spinning Clay stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 28, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
Spinning Clay reflects far more light (LRV 28 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 28, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 30 vs 28), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 28, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
With LRVs of 28 and 27, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 28 vs 4, Spinning Clay is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
Spinning Clay reflects far more light (LRV 28 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 28, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (28 vs 21) makes Spinning Clay the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 28, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Spinning Clay reflects far more light (LRV 28 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Spinning Clay reflects far more light (LRV 28 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 28, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Spinning Clay reflects far more light (LRV 28 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 28), opening up a space where Spinning Clay encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (31 vs 28) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 28 vs 7, Spinning Clay is decisively the brighter choice.