Intricate Ivory vs Rain Cloud
Intricate Ivory and Rain Cloud come from the same Sherwin-Williams collection. Hue-wise, Intricate Ivory belongs to the beige family and Rain Cloud to the blue-grey family. The 63-point LRV gap — 74 for Intricate Ivory vs 11 for Rain Cloud — means Intricate Ivory will open up a space more effectively. Where Intricate Ivory leans warm, Rain Cloud reads cool — a distinction that shifts noticeably depending on the light source and surrounding finishes. A ΔE of 51.9 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Intricate Ivory vs Rain Cloud in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Intricate Ivory and Rain Cloud in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Home Office
Home office walls matter more than most — you're looking at them all day, and a color that reads fine at first can become tiring over time. Intricate Ivory returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Front Door
On a front door, the color is both the first and last thing you see — a context where even a modest tonal difference reads clearly. Intricate Ivory reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Rain Cloud.
Color Details
Intricate Ivory vs Rain Cloud Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Intricate Ivory on one side and Rain Cloud 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 Intricate Ivory comparisons
See how Intricate Ivory stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Intricate Ivory the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 30, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 43, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 4, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 21, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
Intricate Ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 51, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Intricate Ivory reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 41, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Intricate Ivory reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 31, Intricate Ivory is decisively the brighter choice.