Shiitake vs Sticks & Stones
Where Shiitake belongs to Behr's range, Sticks & Stones is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the greige-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (33 vs 31), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. Shiitake runs red while Sticks & Stones is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 0.9, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Shiitake vs Sticks & Stones in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Shiitake and Sticks & Stones are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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Shiitake vs Sticks & Stones Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Shiitake on one side and Sticks & Stones 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.
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