Sprouts vs Shoji White
Where Sprouts belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Shoji White is a Sherwin-Williams color. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. Shoji White (LRV 74) reflects noticeably more light than Sprouts (LRV 56), a difference of 18 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 12.7, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sprouts vs Shoji White in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sprouts and Shoji White 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 Shoji White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Sprouts 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. Shoji White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sprouts.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Shoji White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sprouts.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Shoji White returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
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. Shoji White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sprouts.
Color Details
Sprouts vs Shoji White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sprouts on one side and Shoji White 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 Sprouts comparisons
See how Sprouts stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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A 4-point LRV gap (60 vs 56) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
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At LRV 56 vs 43, Sprouts is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 56 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
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At LRV 84 vs 56, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Sprouts reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 31, Sprouts is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 7, Sprouts is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 56 vs 24, Sprouts is decisively the brighter choice.
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