Avid Apricot vs Frangipane
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. At LRV 70 vs 62, Frangipane will read as the brighter of the two — a 8-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 8.1, the difference is perceptible but not dramatic — the two can work harmoniously in the same space. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Avid Apricot vs Frangipane in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Avid Apricot and Frangipane 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. Frangipane has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The brightness difference is modest but present — Frangipane gives the walls a little more lift.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The brightness difference is modest but present — Frangipane gives the walls a little more lift.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The brightness difference is modest but present — Frangipane gives the walls a little more lift.
Color Details
Avid Apricot vs Frangipane Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Avid Apricot on one side and Frangipane 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 Avid Apricot comparisons
See how Avid Apricot 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 Avid Apricot encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (69 vs 62) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Avid Apricot reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (62 vs 52) makes Avid Apricot the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 30, Avid Apricot is decisively the brighter choice.
Avid Apricot reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Avid Apricot reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Avid Apricot reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 43, Avid Apricot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 4, Avid Apricot is decisively the brighter choice.
Avid Apricot reads slightly lighter (LRV 62 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Avid Apricot reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Avid Apricot 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.
At LRV 62 vs 21, Avid Apricot 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 Avid Apricot encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 62), opening up a space where Avid Apricot encloses it.
Avid Apricot reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 62), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 62 vs 41, Avid Apricot is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (68 vs 62) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 62 vs 25, Avid Apricot is decisively the brighter choice.
Avid Apricot reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Avid Apricot reflects far more light (LRV 62 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 62 vs 31, Avid Apricot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 7, Avid Apricot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 62 vs 24, Avid Apricot is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (62 vs 57) makes Avid Apricot the marginally brighter of the two.