City Loft vs Limewash
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. At LRV 70 vs 67, City Loft will read as the brighter of the two — a 4-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. With a ΔE of 1.8, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
City Loft vs Limewash in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. City Loft and Limewash 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. City Loft 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 — City Loft gives the walls a little more lift.
Color Details
City Loft vs Limewash Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see City Loft on one side and Limewash 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 City Loft comparisons
See how City Loft stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 70 vs 52, City Loft is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 30, City Loft is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (70 vs 60) makes City Loft the marginally brighter of the two.
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City Loft reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 43, City Loft is decisively the brighter choice.
City Loft reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
City Loft reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 70, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
City Loft reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
City Loft reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 70 and 68, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
City Loft reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
City Loft reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 31, City Loft is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 7, City Loft is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 24, City Loft is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 57, City Loft is decisively the brighter choice.