Sesame Seed vs String
Sesame Seed is a Cloverdale Paint color while String comes from Farrow & Ball. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 60 and 62, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 2.1, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sesame Seed vs String in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Sesame Seed and String are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Sesame Seed vs String Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sesame Seed on one side and String 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 Sesame Seed comparisons
See how Sesame Seed stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Sesame Seed encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (69 vs 60) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Sesame Seed reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Sesame Seed the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 30, Sesame Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
Sesame Seed reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Sesame Seed reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 43, Sesame Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 4, Sesame Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
Sesame Seed reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sesame Seed reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Sesame Seed reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 60, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 21, Sesame Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 60), opening up a space where Sesame Seed encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Sesame Seed encloses it.
Sesame Seed reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 41, Sesame Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 25, Sesame Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
Sesame Seed reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Sesame Seed reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 31, Sesame Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 7, Sesame Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 24, Sesame Seed is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.