Cheating Heart vs Privilege Green
Where Cheating Heart belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Privilege Green is a Sherwin-Williams color. Cheating Heart reads as grey, while Privilege Green reads as green-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Privilege Green (LRV 23) reflects noticeably more light than Cheating Heart (LRV 9), a difference of 14 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Cheating Heart runs blue while Privilege Green is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 25.4, 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 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cheating Heart vs Privilege Green in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cheating Heart and Privilege Green 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 Privilege Green will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Cheating Heart would.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Privilege Green returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Privilege Green reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheating Heart.
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. Privilege Green reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheating Heart.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Privilege Green will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Cheating Heart would.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Privilege Green reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheating Heart.
Color Details
Cheating Heart vs Privilege Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cheating Heart on one side and Privilege Green 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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