Fleur De Sel vs Iron Ore
Both are Sherwin-Williams colors. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. At LRV 72 vs 6, Fleur De Sel will read as the brighter of the two — a 67-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. They share a neutral quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 59.6, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Fleur De Sel vs Iron Ore in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Fleur De Sel and Iron Ore 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
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. Fleur De Sel returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Fleur De Sel will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Iron Ore would.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Fleur De Sel will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Iron Ore would.
Color Details
Fleur De Sel vs Iron Ore Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Fleur De Sel on one side and Iron Ore 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 Fleur De Sel comparisons
See how Fleur De Sel stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 69) makes Fleur De Sel the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 52, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 30, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
Fleur De Sel reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Mizzle encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (72 vs 60) makes Fleur De Sel the marginally brighter of the two.
Fleur De Sel reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 58), opening up a space where Accessible Beige encloses it.
Fleur De Sel reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 43, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 4, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
Fleur De Sel reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 55), opening up a space where Tranquil Dawn encloses it.
Fleur De Sel reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Fleur De Sel reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (84 vs 72) makes Pure White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 21, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
Fleur De Sel reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Snowbound reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 72), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Fleur De Sel reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Fleur De Sel reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 41, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (72 vs 68) makes Fleur De Sel the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 72 vs 25, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
Fleur De Sel reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Fleur De Sel reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 31, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 7, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 24, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 57, Fleur De Sel is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.