Northern Grey vs Artichoke
Where Northern Grey belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Northern Grey (LRV 53) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 32 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 27.8, 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.
Northern Grey vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Northern Grey 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 Northern Grey 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. Northern Grey 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. Northern Grey reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Northern Grey vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Northern Grey 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 Northern Grey comparisons
See how Northern Grey stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Northern Grey encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 53, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Northern Grey 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, Northern Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 53 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 7-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.
Northern Grey reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (53 vs 43) makes Northern Grey the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 53 vs 4, Northern Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 53, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Northern Grey reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Northern Grey 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 Northern Grey encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 53), opening up a space where Northern Grey encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 53), opening up a space where Northern Grey encloses it.
Northern Grey reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 53), opening up a space where Northern Grey encloses it.
At LRV 53 vs 41, Northern Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 53, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 25, Northern Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
Northern Grey reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Northern Grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 53 vs 31, Northern Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 7, Northern Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 24, Northern Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (57 vs 53) makes Guilford Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 53, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.