Stone Hearth vs Pewter Green
Where Stone Hearth belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Pewter Green is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Stone Hearth belongs to the beige-greige family and Pewter Green to the green-grey family. Stone Hearth (LRV 48) reflects noticeably more light than Pewter Green (LRV 12), a difference of 37 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Stone Hearth 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 35.5, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Stone Hearth vs Pewter Green in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Stone Hearth 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 Stone Hearth will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pewter Green 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. Stone Hearth reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Stone Hearth reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Color Details
Stone Hearth vs Pewter Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Stone Hearth 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 Stone Hearth comparisons
See how Stone Hearth stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 48, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 48), opening up a space where Stone Hearth encloses it.
Stone Hearth reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 30, Stone Hearth is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 12-point LRV gap (60 vs 48) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Stone Hearth reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (48 vs 43) makes Stone Hearth the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 4, Stone Hearth is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Stone Hearth reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Stone Hearth reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 48, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 21, Stone Hearth is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 48), opening up a space where Stone Hearth encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 48), opening up a space where Stone Hearth encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 48), opening up a space where Stone Hearth encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Stone Hearth reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 48), opening up a space where Stone Hearth encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (48 vs 41) makes Stone Hearth the marginally brighter of the two.
Stone Hearth reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 48 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 48 vs 31, Stone Hearth is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 7, Stone Hearth is decisively the brighter choice.