Raw Canvas vs Iron Ore
Where Raw Canvas belongs to Jotun's range, Iron Ore is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Raw Canvas belongs to the beige-greige family and Iron Ore to the grey family. Raw Canvas (LRV 44) reflects noticeably more light than Iron Ore (LRV 6), a difference of 38 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Raw Canvas runs warm while Iron Ore is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 45.7, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Raw Canvas vs Iron Ore in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Raw Canvas and Iron Ore 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 Raw Canvas will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Iron Ore 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. Raw Canvas reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Iron Ore.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Raw Canvas returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Raw Canvas vs Iron Ore Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Raw Canvas on one side and Iron Ore 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 Raw Canvas comparisons
See how Raw Canvas stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 44), opening up a space where Raw Canvas encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 44, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (52 vs 44) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 30, Raw Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 44, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 44), opening up a space where Raw Canvas encloses it.
Raw Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 44 vs 4, Raw Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Raw Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
With LRVs of 44 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 44, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 21, Raw Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 44), opening up a space where Raw Canvas encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 44), opening up a space where Raw Canvas encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 44), opening up a space where Raw Canvas encloses it.
Raw Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 44), opening up a space where Raw Canvas encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 41), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 68 vs 44, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 25, Raw Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
Raw Canvas reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 45 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 44 vs 31, Raw Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 7, Raw Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 24, Raw Canvas is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 44, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 44, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.