Senses vs Honorable Blue
Where Senses belongs to Jotun's range, Honorable Blue is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Senses belongs to the beige-greige family and Honorable Blue to the blue family. Senses (LRV 41) reflects noticeably more light than Honorable Blue (LRV 6), a difference of 36 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Senses runs warm while Honorable Blue is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 61.0, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Senses vs Honorable Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Senses and Honorable Blue 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 Senses will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Honorable Blue would.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Senses reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Honorable Blue.
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. Senses reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Honorable Blue.
Color Details
Senses vs Honorable Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Senses on one side and Honorable Blue 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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