Steeped Tea vs Artichoke
Where Steeped Tea belongs to PPG's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. These are both greys, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within grey to land. Steeped Tea (LRV 30) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 9 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 12.6, 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.
Steeped Tea vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Steeped Tea 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 Steeped Tea 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. Steeped Tea 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. Steeped Tea 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. Steeped Tea 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. Steeped Tea 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 Steeped Tea will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Color Details
Steeped Tea vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Steeped Tea 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 Steeped Tea comparisons
See how Steeped Tea stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 30, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
At LRV 30 vs 6, Steeped Tea is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
With LRVs of 30 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 52 vs 30, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 30, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (30 vs 27) makes Steeped Tea the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
Steeped Tea reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 30, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 13, Steeped Tea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 30, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 30, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 30, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 30, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 12, Steeped Tea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 30, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 41 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Calamine reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
Steeped Tea reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 30 vs 12, Steeped Tea is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 30, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 31 and 30, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Steeped Tea reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Steeped Tea reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 24), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Guilford Green reflects far more light (LRV 57 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.
Just Walnut reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 30), opening up a space where Steeped Tea encloses it.