Olympus White
Olympus White is a versatile and reflective White from Sherwin-Williams. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to provide a clean, timeless feel that works across various lighting conditions. Below, you'll find 14 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#D4D8D7
LRV
68.01
Olympus White's Color Strip
Olympus White is the first shade on this 7-color strip, the lightest in this coordinated family. Strip 234 makes it easy to compare shades side by side and find the right depth for your space.
Olympus White in Real Rooms
Olympus White has a high LRV of 68.01 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces. It's neutral in temperature and , making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the White family, the photos below show it applied in a kitchen, misc, living room, bedroom and bathroom.
2 Kitchen Photos
The challenge with kitchen color is longevity: it needs to look right at 7am under bright task lights and at dinner with the pendants dimmed low. Olympus White manages to bridge all three lighting scenarios with ease, which is a rarer quality in a paint pigment than it sounds.
Bright walls in Olympus White open up this kitchen with clean, crisp appeal.
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Soft cabinetry and walls finished in Olympus White brighten the kitchen space.
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4 Misc Photos
See how Olympus White is used in narrow hallways to create a "gallery" feel. The color provides a steady, rhythmic background that allows a series of framed photos or art pieces to feel like a cohesive, professional installation.
Hallway walls in Olympus White provide a fresh, welcoming transition throughout.
@baltmanpaintco
Staircase risers painted in Olympus White add architectural interest and brightness.
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Stairwell painted in Olympus White transforms the vertical space with light.
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Wall trim in Olympus White defines architectural details along the stairs.
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6 Living Room Photos
When applied to living room walls, Olympus White creates a sense of "visual quiet." It eliminates the erratic shadows found in busier spaces, instead providing a steady, rhythmic tone that ties together disparate furniture styles. It's the common thread that makes a room full of heirlooms and modern pieces feel like a cohesive collection.
Living room walls wrapped in Olympus White amplify natural light beautifully.
@justcallmehaha
1 Bedroom Photo
Olympus White has a unique ability to make a bedroom feel larger yet more intimate at the same time. By softening the "edges" of the room, the walls seem to move back, while the warmth of the tone makes the bed feel like a safe, protected island in the center of the space.
Bedroom walls in Olympus White provide a peaceful, restful backdrop.
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1 Bathroom Photo
Pairing Olympus White with natural stone like travertine or slate creates an earthy, elemental bathroom that feels connected to nature. It moves the design away from plastic-heavy modernism toward something much more timeless and tactile.
Bathroom tiles and walls in Olympus White gleam with clean simplicity.
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Coordinating Colors
Ice Cube reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 68 vs 53, Olympus White is decisively the brighter choice.
Olympus White reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 8), opening up a space where Perle Noir encloses it.
Trim Color
Ice Cube reads slightly lighter (LRV 77 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (68 vs 64) makes Olympus White the marginally brighter of the two.
Site White reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Icicle reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Rhinestone reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Rock Candy reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Nebulous White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (75 vs 68) makes Quicksilver the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
Whimsical White reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 68 vs 46, Olympus White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 24, Olympus White is decisively the brighter choice.
Olympus White reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 17), opening up a space where Plum Dandy encloses it.
Olympus White reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 30), opening up a space where Thistle encloses it.
Olympus White reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 68 vs 3, Olympus White is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Clean Slate reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (73 vs 68) makes Mountain Air the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
At LRV 68 vs 41, Olympus White is decisively the brighter choice.
Olympus White reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 50), opening up a space where Monorail Silver encloses it.
Olympus White reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 39), opening up a space where Gris encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 38, Olympus White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.