Modern Beige vs Diverse Beige
Modern Beige (Jotun) and Diverse Beige (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Their light reflectance values are nearly the same — 46 vs 47 — 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 1.9 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.
Modern Beige vs Diverse Beige in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Modern Beige and Diverse Beige 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
Modern Beige vs Diverse Beige Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Modern Beige on one side and Diverse Beige 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 Modern Beige comparisons
See how Modern Beige stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 46, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 46), opening up a space where Modern Beige encloses it.
At LRV 46 vs 6, Modern Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Modern Beige reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 46), opening up a space where Modern Beige encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (58 vs 46) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 27, Modern Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 46 and 43, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Modern Beige reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (55 vs 46) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 13, Modern Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 44), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 46), opening up a space where Modern Beige encloses it.
Modern Beige reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 46, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 46, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 46, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Modern Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 46, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Modern Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 46), opening up a space where Modern Beige encloses it.
Modern Beige reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 46 vs 12, Modern Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Modern Beige reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Modern Beige reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Modern Beige reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Guilford Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.