Butter Icing vs Snowbound
Where Butter Icing belongs to PPG's range, Snowbound is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Butter Icing belongs to the beige family and Snowbound to the beige-greige family. Snowbound (LRV 83) reflects noticeably more light than Butter Icing (LRV 78), a difference of 5 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. The ΔE 4.6 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 8 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Butter Icing vs Snowbound in Real Spaces
8 real rooms side by side. Butter Icing and Snowbound 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
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 brightness difference is modest but present — Snowbound gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Snowbound reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Snowbound reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Snowbound has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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. Snowbound reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Snowbound reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Snowbound reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The brightness difference is modest but present — Snowbound gives the walls a little more lift.
Color Details
Butter Icing vs Snowbound Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Butter Icing on one side and Snowbound 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
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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.
Butter Icing reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
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.
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.