RAL 750-1 vs Waterscape
Where RAL 750-1 belongs to RAL Effect's range, Waterscape is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the green family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (62 vs 62), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
RAL 750-1 vs Waterscape in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. RAL 750-1 and Waterscape 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. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
RAL 750-1 vs Waterscape Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see RAL 750-1 on one side and Waterscape 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 RAL 750-1 comparisons
See how RAL 750-1 stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 62), opening up a space where RAL 750-1 encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes RAL 750-1 the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 30, RAL 750-1 is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
RAL 750-1 reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
RAL 750-1 reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 43, RAL 750-1 is decisively the brighter choice.
RAL 750-1 reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
RAL 750-1 reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 62, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 62), opening up a space where RAL 750-1 encloses it.
RAL 750-1 reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
RAL 750-1 reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
RAL 750-1 reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
RAL 750-1 reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 31, RAL 750-1 is decisively the brighter choice.