Smoked Oyster vs Pewter Green
Where Smoked Oyster belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Pewter Green is a Sherwin-Williams color. Smoked Oyster reads as grey, while Pewter Green reads as green-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Smoked Oyster (LRV 23) reflects noticeably more light than Pewter Green (LRV 12), a difference of 11 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Smoked Oyster runs red while Pewter Green is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 15.7, 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.
Smoked Oyster vs Pewter Green in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Smoked Oyster and Pewter Green 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 Smoked Oyster will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pewter Green would.
Color Details
Smoked Oyster vs Pewter Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Smoked Oyster on one side and Pewter Green 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 Smoked Oyster comparisons
See how Smoked Oyster stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 23, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
Smoked Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 23 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 23, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (30 vs 23) makes Evergreen Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 23, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
Denim Drift reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 43 vs 23, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 23 vs 4, Smoked Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
Smoked Oyster reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 13), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 23, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 23 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 23, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
Smoked Oyster reflects far more light (LRV 23 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 23, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Smoked Oyster reads slightly lighter (LRV 23 vs 12), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 23), opening up a space where Smoked Oyster encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (31 vs 23) makes Pale Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 23 vs 7, Smoked Oyster is decisively the brighter choice.