Avid Apricot vs Pewter Green
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Hue-wise, Avid Apricot belongs to the beige family and Pewter Green to the green-grey family. Avid Apricot (LRV 62) reflects noticeably more light than Pewter Green (LRV 12), a difference of 50 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Avid Apricot runs warm while Pewter Green is decidedly neutral, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 49.2, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Avid Apricot vs Pewter Green in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Avid Apricot and Pewter Green 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 Avid Apricot will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pewter Green 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. Avid Apricot reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
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. Avid Apricot reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
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. Avid Apricot reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Color Details
Avid Apricot vs Pewter Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Avid Apricot on one side and Pewter Green 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.
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.
A 10-point LRV gap (72 vs 62) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.