Rodeo vs Smooth White
Where Rodeo belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Smooth White is a Jotun color. These are both greige-greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within greige-grey to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (60 vs 59), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Rodeo runs yellow while Smooth White is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 0.7, 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.
Rodeo vs Smooth White in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Rodeo and Smooth White 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.
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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Rodeo vs Smooth White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Rodeo on one side and Smooth 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 Rodeo comparisons
See how Rodeo stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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With LRVs of 60 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 60 vs 27, Rodeo is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 5-point LRV gap (60 vs 55) makes Rodeo the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 44, Rodeo is decisively the brighter choice.
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A 6-point LRV gap (66 vs 60) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Rodeo is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Rodeo is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 45, Rodeo is decisively the brighter choice.
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