Cowboy Boots vs Mount Etna
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Cowboy Boots reads as beige, while Mount Etna reads as blue-grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Cowboy Boots (LRV 9) reflects noticeably more light than Mount Etna (LRV 6), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Cowboy Boots runs warm while Mount Etna is decidedly cool, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 25.0, 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 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cowboy Boots vs Mount Etna in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cowboy Boots and Mount Etna 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Cowboy Boots gives the walls a little more lift.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Cowboy Boots has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. Cowboy Boots reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Cowboy Boots vs Mount Etna Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cowboy Boots on one side and Mount Etna 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 Cowboy Boots comparisons
See how Cowboy Boots stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 9, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
Cowboy Boots reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 9, Purbeck Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 30 vs 9, Evergreen Fog is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 9, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
Denim Drift reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
At LRV 43 vs 9, French Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (9 vs 4) makes Cowboy Boots the marginally brighter of the two.
Tranquil Dawn reflects far more light (LRV 55 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
Bancha reads slightly lighter (LRV 13 vs 9), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Hardwick White reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 9, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 21 vs 9, Artichoke is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
At LRV 51 vs 9, Pigeon is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 12 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 9 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
At LRV 41 vs 9, Dix Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 12 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Saybrook Sage reflects far more light (LRV 45 vs 9), opening up a space where Cowboy Boots encloses it.
At LRV 31 vs 9, Pale Green is decisively the brighter choice.