Cool Concrete vs Artichoke
Cool Concrete is a PPG color while Artichoke comes from Sherwin-Williams. Hue-wise, Cool Concrete belongs to the beige-greige family and Artichoke to the grey family. At LRV 63 vs 21, Cool Concrete will read as the brighter of the two — a 42-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. At ΔE 31.8, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cool Concrete vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cool Concrete 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
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. Cool Concrete returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Cool Concrete will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The LRV gap is large enough that Cool Concrete will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Home Office
In a home office, wall color sits in your peripheral vision for hours at a time, so temperature and undertone matter more than you might expect. The LRV gap is large enough that Cool Concrete will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Cool Concrete will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Front Door
Front doors are seen in isolation against the rest of the facade, which makes them a high-stakes surface where even subtle differences matter. Cool Concrete returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Cool Concrete vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cool Concrete 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 Cool Concrete comparisons
See how Cool Concrete stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 63, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 6, Cool Concrete is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Concrete reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cool Concrete reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Cool Concrete the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 63 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (63 vs 58) makes Cool Concrete the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 27, Cool Concrete is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Concrete reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Cool Concrete reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (63 vs 55) makes Cool Concrete the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 13, Cool Concrete is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 44, Cool Concrete is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 63), opening up a space where Cool Concrete encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 63), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (74 vs 63) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 63, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Concrete reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Cool Concrete is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 8, Cool Concrete is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 63) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Cool Concrete reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 12, Cool Concrete is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 45, Cool Concrete is decisively the brighter choice.
Cool Concrete reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cool Concrete reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.