Refresh vs Iron Ore
Refresh (Jotun) and Iron Ore (Sherwin-Williams) come from different manufacturers. Hue-wise, Refresh belongs to the green-grey family and Iron Ore to the grey family. The 55-point LRV gap — 60 for Refresh vs 6 for Iron Ore — means Refresh will open up a space more effectively. Both share a neutral character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. A ΔE of 54.4 puts these firmly in different territory — two distinct design choices rather than close alternatives. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Refresh vs Iron Ore in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Refresh 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
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. Refresh reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Iron Ore.
Kitchen
Kitchens often have the harshest, most revealing light in the house — under-cabinet LEDs and overhead fixtures that strip away subtlety. Refresh returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Refresh vs Iron Ore Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Refresh 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 Refresh comparisons
See how Refresh stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 60), opening up a space where Refresh encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Refresh the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 30, Refresh is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Refresh reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 43, Refresh is decisively the brighter choice.
Refresh reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Refresh reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 60, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 60), opening up a space where Refresh encloses it.
Refresh reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Refresh reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Refresh reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 31, Refresh is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 7, Refresh is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 24, Refresh is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (60 vs 57) makes Refresh the marginally brighter of the two.
A 12-point LRV gap (72 vs 60) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.