Ammonite vs Perennial Green
Where Ammonite belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Perennial Green is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Ammonite belongs to the beige-greige family and Perennial Green to the green family. Perennial Green (LRV NaN) reflects noticeably more light than Ammonite (LRV 69), a difference of NaN points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Ammonite runs warm while Perennial Green is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of NaN, 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.
Ammonite vs Perennial Green in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Ammonite and Perennial Green 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 temperature contrast between Ammonite and Perennial Green is what sets these apart most in this context.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Ammonite brings more warmth to the space, while Perennial Green keeps things cooler and crisper.
Color Details
Ammonite vs Perennial Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Ammonite on one side and Perennial Green 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 Ammonite comparisons
See how Ammonite stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 69, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
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Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (69 vs 58) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 69 vs 27, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 55, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 44, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (69 vs 66) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 45, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.