Natural Clay vs Spiced Cider
Where Natural Clay belongs to Jotun's range, Spiced Cider is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Natural Clay belongs to the beige family and Spiced Cider to the beige-pink family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (25 vs 23), so they'll read as similarly Dark in most lighting conditions. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Natural Clay vs Spiced Cider in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Natural Clay and Spiced Cider 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.
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. At this scale, the choice between them becomes clear in a way that a swatch alone can't communicate.
Color Details
Natural Clay vs Spiced Cider Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Natural Clay on one side and Spiced Cider 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 Natural Clay comparisons
See how Natural Clay stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 60 vs 25, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
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With LRVs of 27 and 25, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 43 vs 25, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 25 vs 4, Natural Clay is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 25), opening up a space where Natural Clay encloses it.
Natural Clay reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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At LRV 84 vs 25, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (25 vs 21) makes Natural Clay the marginally brighter of the two.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 25), opening up a space where Natural Clay encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 25), opening up a space where Natural Clay encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 25), opening up a space where Natural Clay encloses it.
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Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 25), opening up a space where Natural Clay encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 25, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 25, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 25 vs 7, Natural Clay is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 57 vs 25, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.