Heirloom Silver vs Pure White
Heirloom Silver (Behr) and Pure White (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Heirloom Silver belongs to the grey family and Pure White to the beige-greige family. The 38-point LRV gap — 84 for Pure White vs 46 for Heirloom Silver — means Pure White will open up a space more effectively. Where Heirloom Silver leans yellow, Pure White reads warm — a distinction that shifts noticeably depending on the light source and surrounding finishes. A ΔE of 19.7 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.
Heirloom Silver vs Pure White in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Heirloom Silver and Pure White 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Heirloom Silver.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Pure White returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Heirloom Silver vs Pure White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Heirloom Silver on one side and Pure 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 Heirloom Silver comparisons
See how Heirloom Silver stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 46, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 46), opening up a space where Heirloom Silver encloses it.
At LRV 46 vs 6, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 46), opening up a space where Heirloom Silver encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (58 vs 46) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 27, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 46 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (55 vs 46) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 13, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 46, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 46, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 46, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 46, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Heirloom Silver reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 46), opening up a space where Heirloom Silver encloses it.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Heirloom Silver is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Heirloom Silver reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 46), opening up a space where Heirloom Silver encloses it.