Summer Snow vs Heron Plume
Summer Snow is a Jotun color while Heron Plume comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 75 and 75, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. With a ΔE of 1.3, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Summer Snow vs Heron Plume in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Summer Snow and Heron Plume 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Summer Snow vs Heron Plume Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Summer Snow on one side and Heron Plume 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 Summer Snow comparisons
See how Summer Snow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (75 vs 69) makes Summer Snow the marginally brighter of the two.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 52, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 30, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 60, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 43, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 4, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (84 vs 75) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 75 vs 21, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Snow reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 75 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Summer Snow reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 75 vs 41, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (75 vs 68) makes Summer Snow the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 75 vs 25, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Summer Snow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 31, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 7, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 24, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 57, Summer Snow is decisively the brighter choice.