Fresh Granite vs Artichoke
Where Fresh Granite 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. Fresh Granite (LRV 49) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 28 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 26.0, 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.
Fresh Granite vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Fresh Granite 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 Fresh Granite 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. Fresh Granite 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. Fresh Granite 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. Fresh Granite 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. Fresh Granite 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 Fresh Granite will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Color Details
Fresh Granite vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fresh Granite 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 Fresh Granite comparisons
See how Fresh Granite stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 49), opening up a space where Fresh Granite encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 49, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 6, Fresh Granite is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 52 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Fresh Granite reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 49), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Agreeable Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 49), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (58 vs 49) makes Accessible Beige the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 27, Fresh Granite is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Granite reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Fresh Granite reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (55 vs 49) makes Tranquil Dawn the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 49 vs 13, Fresh Granite is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (49 vs 44) makes Fresh Granite the marginally brighter of the two.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 49), opening up a space where Fresh Granite encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 49, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 49, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 49, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 51 and 49, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Fresh Granite is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 49 vs 8, Fresh Granite is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 49, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Fresh Granite reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 49 vs 12, Fresh Granite is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (49 vs 45) makes Fresh Granite the marginally brighter of the two.
Fresh Granite reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Fresh Granite reflects far more light (LRV 49 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.