Sable Stone vs Pure White
Where Sable Stone belongs to Jotun's range, Pure White is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Sable Stone belongs to the greige-grey family and Pure White to the beige-greige family. Pure White (LRV 84) reflects noticeably more light than Sable Stone (LRV 46), a difference of 38 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 20.3, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Sable Stone vs Pure White in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Sable Stone and Pure White 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 Pure White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Sable Stone 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. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sable Stone.
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. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sable Stone.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Sable Stone.
Color Details
Sable Stone vs Pure White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Sable Stone on one side and Pure White 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 Sable Stone comparisons
See how Sable Stone stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 46, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 46), opening up a space where Sable Stone encloses it.
Sable Stone reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 30, Sable Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 46, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sable Stone reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 46 vs 4, Sable Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Sable Stone reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 46 vs 21, Sable Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 46), opening up a space where Sable Stone encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 46), opening up a space where Sable Stone encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 46), opening up a space where Sable Stone encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (51 vs 46) makes Pigeon the marginally brighter of the two.
Sable Stone reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Sable Stone reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 46), opening up a space where Sable Stone encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (46 vs 41) makes Sable Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Sable Stone reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 46 vs 31, Sable Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 7, Sable Stone is decisively the brighter choice.