Wool vs French Gray
Wool (Cloverdale Paint) and French Gray (Farrow & Ball) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 21-point LRV gap — 64 for Wool vs 43 for French Gray — means Wool will open up a space more effectively. A ΔE of 13.4 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Wool vs French Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Wool 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Wool reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than French Gray.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. Wool returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Dining Room
Dining rooms often rely on warm incandescent or candlelight, which flatters warm undertones and mutes cool ones. The LRV gap is large enough that Wool will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than French Gray would.
Bathroom
Small bathrooms intensify color. A shade that seems quiet in a larger room can feel immersive when you're surrounded by it on four walls. Wool returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Wool vs French Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Wool 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 Wool comparisons
See how Wool stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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Wool reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Wool reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (64 vs 58) makes Wool the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 27, Wool is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (64 vs 55) makes Wool the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 44, Wool is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 64), opening up a space where Wool encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 64), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (74 vs 64) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Wool is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (68 vs 64) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 12, Wool is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 45, Wool is decisively the brighter choice.
Wool reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Wool reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.