Illuminating Experience vs Artichoke
Where Illuminating Experience belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Illuminating Experience reads as green-white, while Artichoke reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Illuminating Experience (LRV 76) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 55 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 39.0, 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.
Illuminating Experience vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Illuminating Experience 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 Illuminating Experience 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. Illuminating Experience 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. Illuminating Experience reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Illuminating Experience vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Illuminating Experience 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 Illuminating Experience comparisons
See how Illuminating Experience stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (76 vs 69) makes Illuminating Experience the marginally brighter of the two.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 52, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 30, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 60, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 43, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 4, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (84 vs 76) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
Illuminating Experience reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 76 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 76), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reads slightly lighter (LRV 76 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 76 vs 41, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (76 vs 68) makes Illuminating Experience the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 76 vs 25, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Illuminating Experience reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 76 vs 31, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 7, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 24, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 76 vs 57, Illuminating Experience is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (76 vs 72) makes Illuminating Experience the marginally brighter of the two.