Lamp Black vs Mount Etna
Where Lamp Black belongs to Little Greene's range, Mount Etna is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Lamp Black belongs to the grey family and Mount Etna to the blue-grey family. Mount Etna (LRV 6) reflects noticeably more light than Lamp Black (LRV 3), a difference of 4 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Lamp Black runs purple while Mount Etna is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 12.4, 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.
Lamp Black vs Mount Etna in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Lamp Black and Mount Etna 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Mount Etna gives the walls a little more lift.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Mount Etna has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Mount Etna reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Lamp Black vs Mount Etna Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Lamp Black on one side and Mount Etna 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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