Butter Icing vs Artichoke
Where Butter Icing belongs to PPG's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Butter Icing belongs to the beige family and Artichoke to the grey family. Butter Icing (LRV 78) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 57 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 39.4, 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 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Butter Icing vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Butter Icing 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 Butter Icing 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. Butter Icing 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. Butter Icing 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. Butter Icing 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. Butter Icing 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 Butter Icing will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Color Details
Butter Icing vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Butter Icing 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 Butter Icing comparisons
See how Butter Icing stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Butter Icing reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 78 vs 6, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 52, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 58, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 27, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 55, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 13, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 44, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 78 vs 66, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (78 vs 74) makes Butter Icing the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 8, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (78 vs 68) makes Butter Icing the marginally brighter of the two.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 12, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 45, Butter Icing is decisively the brighter choice.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.