Mushroom vs Urban Putty
Where Mushroom belongs to Little Greene's range, Urban Putty is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Mushroom belongs to the beige family and Urban Putty to the beige-greige family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (56 vs 54), so they'll read as similarly Medium in most lighting conditions. Mushroom runs red while Urban Putty is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. At ΔE 1.2, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Mushroom vs Urban Putty in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Mushroom and Urban Putty 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.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Mushroom vs Urban Putty Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Mushroom on one side and Urban Putty 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 Mushroom comparisons
See how Mushroom stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 56), opening up a space where Mushroom encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (56 vs 52) makes Mushroom the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 56 vs 30, Mushroom is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (60 vs 56) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 58 and 56, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Mushroom reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 56 vs 43, Mushroom is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 56 and 55, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Mushroom reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 56, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 56), opening up a space where Mushroom encloses it.
Mushroom reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Mushroom reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 56), opening up a space where Mushroom encloses it.
Mushroom reflects far more light (LRV 56 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Mushroom reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 56 vs 31, Mushroom is decisively the brighter choice.