Clay - Mid vs Antique White
Where Clay - Mid belongs to Little Greene's range, Antique White is a Sherwin-Williams color. Clay - Mid reads as beige, while Antique White reads as beige-white — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (73 vs 72), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Clay - Mid runs red while Antique White is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 0.8, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Clay - Mid vs Antique White in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Clay - Mid and Antique White 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.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Clay - Mid vs Antique White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Clay - Mid on one side and Antique White 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 Clay - Mid comparisons
See how Clay - Mid stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (73 vs 69) makes Clay - Mid the marginally brighter of the two.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 52, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 30, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 60, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 43, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 4, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (84 vs 73) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 73 vs 21, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
Clay - Mid reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Clay - Mid reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 73 vs 41, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (73 vs 68) makes Clay - Mid the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 73 vs 25, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Clay - Mid reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 31, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 7, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 24, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 57, Clay - Mid is decisively the brighter choice.