Marine Splash vs Shoji White
Where Marine Splash belongs to Dulux's range, Shoji White is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Marine Splash belongs to the blue family and Shoji White to the beige-greige family. Shoji White (LRV 74) reflects noticeably more light than Marine Splash (LRV 60), a difference of 14 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Marine Splash runs cool while Shoji White is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 28.4, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Marine Splash vs Shoji White in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Marine Splash 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 Marine Splash would.
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 Marine Splash.
Color Details
Marine Splash vs Shoji White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Marine Splash 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.
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