Scenic Drive vs Artichoke
Where Scenic Drive belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Scenic Drive belongs to the green-grey family and Artichoke to the grey family. Scenic Drive (LRV 40) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 18 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Scenic Drive runs green while Artichoke is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 18.2, 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.
Scenic Drive vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Scenic Drive 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 Scenic Drive 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. Scenic Drive reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
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. Scenic Drive reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Scenic Drive vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Scenic Drive 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.
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