Sunnyside vs French Gray
Where Sunnyside belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Hue-wise, Sunnyside belongs to the beige-yellow family and French Gray to the beige-greige family. Sunnyside (LRV 67) reflects noticeably more light than French Gray (LRV 43), a difference of 24 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 65.9, 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.
Sunnyside vs French Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than French Gray 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. Sunnyside reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
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. Sunnyside 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. Sunnyside reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
Color Details
Sunnyside vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside comparisons
See how Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 52, Sunnyside is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 30, Sunnyside is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (67 vs 60) makes Sunnyside the marginally brighter of the two.
Sunnyside reads slightly lighter (LRV 67 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sunnyside reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Sunnyside reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Sunnyside 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.
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.
Sunnyside reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Sunnyside reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Sunnyside reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Sunnyside reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 31, Sunnyside is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 7, Sunnyside is decisively the brighter choice.