Dayroom Yellow vs Mineral Gray
Where Dayroom Yellow belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Mineral Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Dayroom Yellow belongs to the beige-yellow family and Mineral Gray to the blue-grey family. Dayroom Yellow (LRV 75) reflects noticeably more light than Mineral Gray (LRV 9), a difference of 65 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Dayroom Yellow runs warm while Mineral Gray 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.
Dayroom Yellow vs Mineral Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Dayroom Yellow and Mineral Gray in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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. Dayroom Yellow reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mineral Gray.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Dayroom Yellow reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Mineral Gray.
Color Details
Dayroom Yellow vs Mineral Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dayroom Yellow on one side and Mineral Gray 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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