Create vs Lattice
Create and Lattice come from the same Sherwin-Williams collection. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. The 3-point LRV gap — 61 for Lattice vs 58 for Create — means Lattice will open up a space more effectively. Both share a neutral character, which means they'll respond to light and surrounding materials in similar ways. A ΔE of 2.3 puts them in subtle territory — distinguishable in direct comparison, less so from across a room. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Create vs Lattice in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Create and Lattice 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
A living room wall sees more varied light than almost any other surface in the house, which makes the choice between these two more nuanced than a chip suggests. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
Create vs Lattice Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Create on one side and Lattice 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 Create comparisons
See how Create stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 58, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Create reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Create reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
With LRVs of 60 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 58 vs 27, Create is decisively the brighter choice.
Create reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (58 vs 55) makes Create the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 44, Create is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 58), opening up a space where Create encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Create is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (68 vs 58) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 12, Create is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 45, Create is decisively the brighter choice.
Create reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Create reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Create reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
With LRVs of 58 and 57, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.