Pearl Colour - Dark vs Artichoke
Where Pearl Colour - Dark belongs to Little Greene's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Pearl Colour - Dark reads as green-grey, while Artichoke reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Pearl Colour - Dark (LRV 54) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 33 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Pearl Colour - Dark runs green while Artichoke is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 26.9, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Pearl Colour - Dark vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Pearl Colour - Dark and Artichoke 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 Pearl Colour - Dark will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Pearl Colour - Dark reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
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. Pearl Colour - Dark reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Pearl Colour - Dark will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Pearl Colour - Dark reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Pearl Colour - Dark vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Pearl Colour - Dark on one side and Artichoke 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 Pearl Colour - Dark comparisons
See how Pearl Colour - Dark stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 69 vs 54, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
Pearl Colour - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 52), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 54 vs 30, Pearl Colour - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 54 and 52, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 6-point LRV gap (60 vs 54) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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A 11-point LRV gap (54 vs 43) makes Pearl Colour - Dark the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 54 vs 4, Pearl Colour - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 55 and 54, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Pearl Colour - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
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At LRV 84 vs 54, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 54), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 54), opening up a space where Pearl Colour - Dark encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 54), opening up a space where Pearl Colour - Dark encloses it.
Pearl Colour - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 54), opening up a space where Pearl Colour - Dark encloses it.
At LRV 54 vs 41, Pearl Colour - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 54, Calamine is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 25, Pearl Colour - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
Pearl Colour - Dark reflects far more light (LRV 54 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Pearl Colour - Dark reads slightly lighter (LRV 54 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 54 vs 31, Pearl Colour - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 7, Pearl Colour - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 54 vs 24, Pearl Colour - Dark is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 57 vs 54), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 72 vs 54, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.