Dirty Martini vs Oyster Bar
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 64 and 64, 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 2.8, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dirty Martini vs Oyster Bar in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Dirty Martini and Oyster Bar 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.
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
Dirty Martini vs Oyster Bar Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dirty Martini on one side and Oyster Bar 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 Dirty Martini comparisons
See how Dirty Martini stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 64), opening up a space where Dirty Martini encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (69 vs 64) makes Ammonite the marginally brighter of the two.
Dirty Martini reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 52, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 30, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
Dirty Martini reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (64 vs 60) makes Dirty Martini the marginally brighter of the two.
Dirty Martini reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dirty Martini reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 43, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 4, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
Dirty Martini reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dirty Martini reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Dirty Martini reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 64, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 21, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 66 and 64, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Shoji White reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 64), opening up a space where Dirty Martini encloses it.
Dirty Martini reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 64 vs 41, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
A 3-point LRV gap (68 vs 64) makes Calamine the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 64 vs 25, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
Dirty Martini reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Dirty Martini reflects far more light (LRV 64 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 64 vs 31, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 7, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 64 vs 24, Dirty Martini is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (64 vs 57) makes Dirty Martini the marginally brighter of the two.