Dusty Purple vs Patchwork Plum
Dusty Purple (Jotun) and Patchwork Plum (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Dusty Purple belongs to the grey-purple family and Patchwork Plum to the grey family. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 15 vs 16 — so neither will read significantly brighter or darker than the other. Both share a warm character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. A ΔE of 1.4 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dusty Purple vs Patchwork Plum in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Dusty Purple and Patchwork Plum 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Bedroom
Bedrooms are typically lit with warmer, lower light than the rest of the house — a condition that flatters warm tones and deepens cool ones. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Color Details
Dusty Purple vs Patchwork Plum Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dusty Purple on one side and Patchwork Plum 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 Dusty Purple comparisons
See how Dusty Purple stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 15, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (15 vs 6) makes Dusty Purple the marginally brighter of the two.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 15, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 15, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 12-point LRV gap (27 vs 15) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.
Dusty Purple reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 15, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 44 vs 15, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.
Artichoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 15, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 15, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 15, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (15 vs 12) makes Dusty Purple the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 15, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.
Treron reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (15 vs 12) makes Dusty Purple the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 15, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.
Dusty Purple reads slightly lighter (LRV 15 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cement grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 15), opening up a space where Dusty Purple encloses it.