City Loft (SW 7631) vs Gossamer Veil (SW 9165)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- City Loft, LRV 70 vs 62.
- Warmer
- About the same, both greige (Lab b* 5.0 vs 5.6).
- North rooms
- City Loft keeps more brightness (L* 83.3 vs 79.0 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Pearly White SW 7009, #E8E3D9, LRV 77: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.9, noticeably different. At 2.9, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
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Gossamer Veil
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City Loft (SW 7631) is lighter than Gossamer Veil (SW 9165) and about as warm: LRV 70 vs 62, deltaE 2.9 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | City Loft | Gossamer Veil | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7631 | SW 9165 | |
| Hex | #DFDAD1 | #D3CEC4 | |
| RGB | 223, 218, 209 | 211, 206, 196 | |
| HSL | 39°, 18%, 85% | 40°, 15%, 80% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70 | 62 | +8 |
| Lab L* | 87.2 | 82.9 | +4.3 |
| Lab a* | 0.1 | 0.0 | +0.2 |
| Lab b* | 5.0 | 5.6 | −0.5 |
| Undertone | Warm | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Greige | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
City Loft (SW 7631), published as #DFDAD1
#CED0CF
#F1E4D1
Gossamer Veil (SW 9165), published as #D3CEC4
#C2C4C2
#E5D8C4
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Which should you pick
Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.
- Pick City Loft (SW 7631) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 8 LRV points lighter (70 vs 62), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to City Loft in other brands
Closest matches to Gossamer Veil in other brands
Common questions
- Is City Loft the same color as Gossamer Veil?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.9. Most people can see the difference between City Loft and Gossamer Veil side by side.
- Which is lighter, City Loft or Gossamer Veil?
- City Loft, with an LRV of 70 against 62.
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Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.