Wood Shadow vs Intellectual Gray
Wood Shadow is a Cloverdale Paint color while Intellectual Gray comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the greige-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 36 and 36, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 1.2, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Wood Shadow vs Intellectual Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Wood Shadow and Intellectual Gray 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Wood Shadow vs Intellectual Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Wood Shadow on one side and Intellectual 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 Wood Shadow comparisons
See how Wood Shadow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 36), opening up a space where Wood Shadow encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 36, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Wood Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 36, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 6-point LRV gap (36 vs 30) makes Wood Shadow the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 36), opening up a space where Wood Shadow encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 36, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 36), opening up a space where Wood Shadow encloses it.
Wood Shadow reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (43 vs 36) makes French Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 36 vs 4, Wood Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 36), opening up a space where Wood Shadow encloses it.
Wood Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Hardwick White reads slightly lighter (LRV 44 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 36, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 36 vs 21, Wood Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 36), opening up a space where Wood Shadow encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 36), opening up a space where Wood Shadow encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 36), opening up a space where Wood Shadow encloses it.
Wood Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 36), opening up a space where Wood Shadow encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (41 vs 36) makes Dix Blue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 36, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (36 vs 25) makes Wood Shadow the marginally brighter of the two.
Wood Shadow reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Saybrook Sage reads slightly lighter (LRV 45 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (36 vs 31) makes Wood Shadow the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 36 vs 7, Wood Shadow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (36 vs 24) makes Wood Shadow the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 57 vs 36, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.