Badlands vs Artichoke
Where Badlands belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Badlands reads as beige, while Artichoke reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Badlands (LRV 36) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 15 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 19.9, 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.
Badlands vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Badlands 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.
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 Badlands will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Badlands reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
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. Badlands reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Badlands vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Badlands 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 Badlands comparisons
See how Badlands stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 36, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 36), opening up a space where Badlands encloses it.
Badlands reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 36), opening up a space where Badlands encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 36, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (36 vs 27) makes Badlands the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 43 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 36, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (44 vs 36) makes Hardwick White the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 36), opening up a space where Badlands encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 36, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 36, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 36 vs 12, Badlands is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 36, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 36 vs 12, Badlands is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (45 vs 36) makes Saybrook Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
Badlands reads slightly lighter (LRV 36 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Badlands reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Badlands reflects far more light (LRV 36 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 36), opening up a space where Badlands encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 36), opening up a space where Badlands encloses it.