Crushed Silk vs Artichoke
Where Crushed Silk belongs to PPG's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Crushed Silk belongs to the beige-greige family and Artichoke to the grey family. Crushed Silk (LRV 63) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 42 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 31.1, 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.
Crushed Silk vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Crushed Silk 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 Crushed Silk 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. Crushed Silk 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. Crushed Silk 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. Crushed Silk 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. Crushed Silk 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 Crushed Silk will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Color Details
Crushed Silk vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Crushed Silk 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 Crushed Silk comparisons
See how Crushed Silk stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 6-point LRV gap (69 vs 63) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Crushed Silk encloses it.
Crushed Silk reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (63 vs 52) makes Crushed Silk the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 63 vs 30, Crushed Silk is decisively the brighter choice.
Crushed Silk reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 63 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Crushed Silk reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Crushed Silk reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 43, Crushed Silk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 4, Crushed Silk is decisively the brighter choice.
Crushed Silk reads slightly lighter (LRV 63 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Crushed Silk reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Crushed Silk reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 63, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 63, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 63), opening up a space where Crushed Silk encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 51, Crushed Silk is decisively the brighter choice.
Crushed Silk reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Crushed Silk reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 63 vs 41, Crushed Silk is decisively the brighter choice.
Crushed Silk reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Crushed Silk reflects far more light (LRV 63 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 31, Crushed Silk is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 63 vs 7, Crushed Silk is decisively the brighter choice.