Cold Foam vs Ibis White
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. Hue-wise, Cold Foam belongs to the beige-greige family and Ibis White to the beige-white family. With LRVs of 84 and 84, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. With a ΔE of 1.9, 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.
Cold Foam vs Ibis White in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Cold Foam and Ibis White 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. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Cold Foam vs Ibis White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cold Foam on one side and Ibis 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 Cold Foam comparisons
See how Cold Foam stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 84 vs 83), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Cold Foam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Cold Foam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Cold Foam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Cold Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 27, Cold Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
Cold Foam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 55, Cold Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 44, Cold Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 84 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 66, Cold Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (84 vs 74) makes Cold Foam the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Cold Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 68, Cold Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 12, Cold Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 84 vs 45, Cold Foam is decisively the brighter choice.
Cold Foam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cold Foam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Cold Foam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Cold Foam reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.