Vintage vs French Gray
Where Vintage belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, French Gray is a Farrow & Ball color. Vintage reads as beige, while French Gray reads as beige-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Vintage (LRV 49) reflects noticeably more light than French Gray (LRV 43), a difference of 6 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 11.4, 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.
Vintage vs French Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Vintage 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Vintage gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Vintage reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Vintage has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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. Vintage reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Vintage vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Vintage 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 Vintage comparisons
See how Vintage stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Vintage encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 49 vs 30, Vintage is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (60 vs 49) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Vintage reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Vintage reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 49, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 49), opening up a space where Vintage encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 49), opening up a space where Vintage encloses it.
Vintage reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 49), opening up a space where Vintage encloses it.
Vintage reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Vintage reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 31, Vintage is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 7, Vintage is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 24, Vintage is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (57 vs 49) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 49, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.