Faded Terracotta vs Pewter Green
Where Faded Terracotta belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Pewter Green is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Faded Terracotta belongs to the beige family and Pewter Green to the green-grey family. Faded Terracotta (LRV 52) reflects noticeably more light than Pewter Green (LRV 12), a difference of 40 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Faded Terracotta runs warm while Pewter Green is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 42.2, 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.
Faded Terracotta vs Pewter Green in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Faded Terracotta and Pewter Green in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Faded Terracotta reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
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. Faded Terracotta reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Color Details
Faded Terracotta vs Pewter Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Faded Terracotta on one side and Pewter 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 Faded Terracotta comparisons
See how Faded Terracotta stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 52, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 52), opening up a space where Faded Terracotta encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 6, Faded Terracotta is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Faded Terracotta reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 52 vs 27, Faded Terracotta is decisively the brighter choice.
Faded Terracotta reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Faded Terracotta reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 55 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 52 vs 13, Faded Terracotta is decisively the brighter choice.
A 9-point LRV gap (52 vs 44) makes Faded Terracotta the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 52), opening up a space where Faded Terracotta encloses it.
Faded Terracotta reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 52, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Faded Terracotta reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 52), opening up a space where Faded Terracotta encloses it.
Faded Terracotta reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 12, Faded Terracotta is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (52 vs 45) makes Faded Terracotta the marginally brighter of the two.
Faded Terracotta reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Faded Terracotta reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Faded Terracotta reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Faded Terracotta encloses it.