Bare Pink vs Artichoke
Where Bare Pink belongs to PPG's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Bare Pink belongs to the pink family and Artichoke to the grey family. Bare Pink (LRV 82) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 61 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 42.5, 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 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Bare Pink vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Bare Pink 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 Bare Pink 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. Bare Pink 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. Bare Pink reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. Bare Pink reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Bare Pink reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Bare Pink vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Bare Pink 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 Bare Pink comparisons
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Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 83 vs 82), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Bare Pink reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Bare Pink reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Bare Pink reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 58, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 27, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
Bare Pink reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 82 vs 55, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 44, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 82, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 82 vs 66, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (82 vs 74) makes Bare Pink the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 82 vs 12, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 8, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 68, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 12, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 82 vs 45, Bare Pink is decisively the brighter choice.
Bare Pink reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Bare Pink reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.