Sea Foam vs Iron Ore
Where Sea Foam belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Iron Ore is a Sherwin-Williams color. Sea Foam reads as green, while Iron Ore reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Sea Foam (LRV 83) reflects noticeably more light than Iron Ore (LRV 6), a difference of 77 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Sea Foam runs green while Iron Ore is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 65.5, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sea Foam vs Iron Ore in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Sea Foam and Iron Ore 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 Sea Foam will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Iron Ore would.
Color Details
Sea Foam vs Iron Ore Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sea Foam on one side and Iron Ore 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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Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Sea Foam reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Sea Foam reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Sea Foam reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 58, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 27, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
Sea Foam reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 55, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 44, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 66, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes Sea Foam the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 8, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 68, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 45, Sea Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
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