Cheviot vs Whitetail
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Hue-wise, Cheviot belongs to the beige family and Whitetail to the beige-white family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (89 vs 86), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. At ΔE 1.2, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cheviot vs Whitetail in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Cheviot and Whitetail 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. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Cheviot vs Whitetail Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cheviot on one side and Whitetail 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 Cheviot comparisons
See how Cheviot stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 6-point LRV gap (89 vs 83) makes Cheviot the marginally brighter of the two.
Cheviot reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Cheviot reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Cheviot reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 89 vs 58, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 89 vs 27, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheviot reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 89 vs 55, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 89 vs 44, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheviot reads slightly lighter (LRV 89 vs 84), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 89 vs 66, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 89 vs 74, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 89 vs 12, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 89 vs 68, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 89 vs 12, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 89 vs 45, Cheviot is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheviot reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cheviot reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Cheviot reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Cheviot reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.