Fog vs Artichoke
Where Fog belongs to PPG's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Fog (LRV 67) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 46 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 35.0, 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.
Fog vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Fog 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 Fog 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. Fog 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. Fog 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. Fog 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. Fog reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Fog vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fog 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 Fog comparisons
See how Fog stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 67), opening up a space where Fog encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 52, Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 30, Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (67 vs 60) makes Fog the marginally brighter of the two.
Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 67 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Fog reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 43, Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
Fog reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Fog reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 67, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 67 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 67), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Fog reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Fog reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Fog reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Fog reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 67 vs 31, Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 67 vs 7, Fog is decisively the brighter choice.