Sail Cloth vs Artichoke
Where Sail Cloth belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Sail Cloth reads as beige, while Artichoke reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Sail Cloth (LRV 72) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 50 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Sail Cloth runs yellow and red while Artichoke is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 36.1, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sail Cloth vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sail Cloth and Artichoke 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 Sail Cloth will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke 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. Sail Cloth reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Sail Cloth reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Sail Cloth vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sail Cloth on one side and Artichoke 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 Sail Cloth comparisons
See how Sail Cloth stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 12-point LRV gap (83 vs 72) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 72 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 72 vs 6, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 52, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
Sail Cloth reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 58, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 27, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 55, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 13, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 44, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 72), opening up a space where Sail Cloth encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (72 vs 66) makes Sail Cloth the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (83 vs 72) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 12, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Sail Cloth the marginally brighter of the two.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Sail Cloth reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 12, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 45, Sail Cloth is decisively the brighter choice.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Sail Cloth reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 72 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.