Apple White vs Barely Pear
Apple White is a Dulux color while Barely Pear comes from Sherwin-Williams. Apple White reads as beige-white, while Barely Pear reads as beige-yellow — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. With LRVs of 83 and 83, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. With a ΔE of 1.4, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Apple White vs Barely Pear in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Apple White and Barely Pear 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.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
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.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Mudroom
A mudroom color needs to hold up under the most casual scrutiny: a glance as you're coming and going, often in mixed or artificial light. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Apple White vs Barely Pear Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Apple White on one side and Barely Pear 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.
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Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 83 vs 6, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 52, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 58, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 27, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 55, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 13, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 44, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 83, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 66, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes Apple White the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 8, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 68, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 12, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 45, Apple White is decisively the brighter choice.
Apple White reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.