Chocolate Colour vs Pewter Green
Where Chocolate Colour belongs to Little Greene's range, Pewter Green is a Sherwin-Williams color. Chocolate Colour reads as beige, while Pewter Green reads as green-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Pewter Green (LRV 12) reflects noticeably more light than Chocolate Colour (LRV 1), a difference of 11 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Chocolate Colour runs red while Pewter Green is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 33.6, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Chocolate Colour vs Pewter Green in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Chocolate Colour and Pewter Green 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 Pewter Green will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Chocolate Colour would.
Color Details
Chocolate Colour vs Pewter Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Chocolate Colour on one side and Pewter Green 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 Chocolate Colour comparisons
See how Chocolate Colour stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 1, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (6 vs 1) makes Iron Ore the marginally brighter of the two.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 1, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 1, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 1, Denim Drift is decisively the brighter choice.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
Naval reads slightly lighter (LRV 4 vs 1), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 1, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 13 vs 1, Bancha is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 1, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
Artichoke reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 1, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 1, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 1, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (8 vs 1) makes Duck Green the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 1, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (12 vs 1) makes Vintage Vogue the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 1, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 1), opening up a space where Chocolate Colour encloses it.
Pine Needle reads slightly lighter (LRV 7 vs 1), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.