Etched Glass vs Evergreen Fog
Where Etched Glass belongs to Behr's range, Evergreen Fog is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Etched Glass belongs to the blue-grey family and Evergreen Fog to the green-grey family. Etched Glass (LRV 75) reflects noticeably more light than Evergreen Fog (LRV 30), a difference of 44 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Etched Glass runs blue while Evergreen Fog is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 28.5, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Etched Glass vs Evergreen Fog in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Etched Glass and Evergreen Fog in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The LRV gap is large enough that Etched Glass will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Evergreen Fog would.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Etched Glass reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Evergreen Fog.
Color Details
Etched Glass vs Evergreen Fog Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Etched Glass on one side and Evergreen Fog 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 Etched Glass comparisons
See how Etched Glass stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 6-point LRV gap (75 vs 69) makes Etched Glass the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 52, Etched Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 60, Etched Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 43, Etched Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 4, Etched Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (84 vs 75) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 75 vs 21, Etched Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Etched Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 75 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 75 vs 51, Etched Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Etched Glass reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 75 vs 41, Etched Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Etched Glass reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 31, Etched Glass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 7, Etched Glass is decisively the brighter choice.