Icy Blue vs Still Water
Where Icy Blue belongs to Jotun's range, Still Water is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the blue-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Icy Blue (LRV 25) reflects noticeably more light than Still Water (LRV 10), a difference of 15 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean cool, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 20.0, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Icy Blue vs Still Water in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Icy Blue and Still Water 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 Icy Blue will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Still Water would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Icy Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Still Water.
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. Icy Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Still Water.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. Icy Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Still Water.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Icy Blue reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Still Water.
Color Details
Icy Blue vs Still Water Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Icy Blue on one side and Still Water 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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