Avid Apricot vs Pure White
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. Hue-wise, Avid Apricot belongs to the beige family and Pure White to the beige-greige family. At LRV 84 vs 62, Pure White will read as the brighter of the two — a 22-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 27.6, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Avid Apricot vs Pure White in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Avid Apricot and Pure White 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
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. Pure White returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Pure White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Avid Apricot would.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The LRV gap is large enough that Pure White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Avid Apricot would.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Pure White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Avid Apricot would.
Color Details
Avid Apricot vs Pure White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Avid Apricot on one side and Pure White 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 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.
A 10-point LRV gap (72 vs 62) makes Just Walnut the marginally brighter of the two.