Spanish Olive vs Artichoke
Where Spanish Olive belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Spanish Olive belongs to the beige-greige family and Artichoke to the grey family. Spanish Olive (LRV 53) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 31 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Spanish Olive runs yellow while Artichoke is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 25.6, 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.
Spanish Olive vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Spanish Olive 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.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Spanish Olive 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. Spanish Olive reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Spanish Olive vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Spanish Olive 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 Spanish Olive comparisons
See how Spanish Olive stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 53, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Spanish Olive encloses it.
Spanish Olive reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 53 vs 30, Spanish Olive is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 53 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 8-point LRV gap (60 vs 53) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 53), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Spanish Olive reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (53 vs 43) makes Spanish Olive the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 53 vs 4, Spanish Olive is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Spanish Olive reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Spanish Olive reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 53, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 53), opening up a space where Spanish Olive encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 53), opening up a space where Spanish Olive encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Spanish Olive encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 53 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Spanish Olive reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Spanish Olive reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where Spanish Olive encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (53 vs 41) makes Spanish Olive the marginally brighter of the two.
Spanish Olive reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Spanish Olive reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 53 vs 31, Spanish Olive is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 7, Spanish Olive is decisively the brighter choice.