Silent Smoke vs City Loft
Where Silent Smoke belongs to PPG's range, City Loft is a Sherwin-Williams color. These are both beige-greiges, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-greige to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (68 vs 70), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 1.2, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 7 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Silent Smoke vs City Loft in Real Spaces
7 real rooms side by side. Silent Smoke and City Loft 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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Silent Smoke vs City Loft Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Silent Smoke on one side and City Loft 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 Silent Smoke comparisons
See how Silent Smoke stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 68, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
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At LRV 68 vs 6, Silent Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 52, Silent Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Silent Smoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Silent Smoke the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 27, Silent Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 55, Silent Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 13, Silent Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 44, Silent Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 68), opening up a space where Silent Smoke encloses it.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 68, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Silent Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
With LRVs of 68 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 68 vs 12, Silent Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 45, Silent Smoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Silent Smoke reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Silent Smoke reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.