Light Lichen vs Artichoke
Where Light Lichen belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Light Lichen belongs to the greige-grey family and Artichoke to the grey family. Light Lichen (LRV 49) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 28 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 23.9, 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.
Light Lichen vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Light Lichen 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 Light Lichen 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. Light Lichen 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. Light Lichen reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Light Lichen vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Light Lichen 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 Light Lichen comparisons
See how Light Lichen stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Light Lichen encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 49, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Light Lichen reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 49 vs 30, Light Lichen is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 11-point LRV gap (60 vs 49) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Light Lichen reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (49 vs 43) makes Light Lichen the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 4, Light Lichen is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Light Lichen reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Light Lichen reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 49, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 49), opening up a space where Light Lichen encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 49), opening up a space where Light Lichen encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 49), opening up a space where Light Lichen encloses it.
Light Lichen reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 49), opening up a space where Light Lichen encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (49 vs 41) makes Light Lichen the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 49, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 25, Light Lichen is decisively the brighter choice.
Light Lichen reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Light Lichen reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 31, Light Lichen is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 7, Light Lichen is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 24, Light Lichen is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (57 vs 49) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 49, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.