Silver Marlin vs Snowbound
Where Silver Marlin belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Snowbound is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Silver Marlin belongs to the green-grey family and Snowbound to the beige-greige family. Snowbound (LRV 83) reflects noticeably more light than Silver Marlin (LRV 56), a difference of 27 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Silver Marlin runs green while Snowbound is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 13.6, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Silver Marlin vs Snowbound in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Silver Marlin and Snowbound 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 Snowbound will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Silver Marlin 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. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Silver Marlin.
Color Details
Silver Marlin vs Snowbound Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Silver Marlin on one side and Snowbound 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 Silver Marlin comparisons
See how Silver Marlin stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 56 vs 6, Silver Marlin is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Marlin reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Silver Marlin reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (56 vs 52) makes Silver Marlin the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 56), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 56 vs 27, Silver Marlin is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Marlin reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Silver Marlin reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 56 vs 55), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 56 vs 13, Silver Marlin is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 44, Silver Marlin is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 56), opening up a space where Silver Marlin encloses it.
Silver Marlin reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (66 vs 56) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 56, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Marlin reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 12, Silver Marlin is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 8, Silver Marlin is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 56, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Marlin reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 12, Silver Marlin is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (56 vs 45) makes Silver Marlin the marginally brighter of the two.
Silver Marlin reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Silver Marlin reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.