S 1002-Y vs Natural Choice
S 1002-Y is a NCS color while Natural Choice 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 72 and 73, 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 1.7, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
S 1002-Y vs Natural Choice in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. S 1002-Y and Natural Choice 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.
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.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
S 1002-Y vs Natural Choice Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see S 1002-Y on one side and Natural Choice 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 S 1002-Y comparisons
See how S 1002-Y stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 52, S 1002-Y is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 30, S 1002-Y is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (72 vs 60) makes S 1002-Y the marginally brighter of the two.
S 1002-Y reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
S 1002-Y reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 43, S 1002-Y is decisively the brighter choice.
S 1002-Y reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
S 1002-Y reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 72, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
S 1002-Y reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
S 1002-Y reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
S 1002-Y reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
S 1002-Y reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
S 1002-Y reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 31, S 1002-Y is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 7, S 1002-Y is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 24, S 1002-Y is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 57, S 1002-Y is decisively the brighter choice.