Gratifying Green vs Pewter Green
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Hue-wise, Gratifying Green belongs to the green-yellow family and Pewter Green to the green-grey family. Gratifying Green (LRV 74) reflects noticeably more light than Pewter Green (LRV 12), a difference of 62 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean neutral, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 48.2, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Gratifying Green vs Pewter Green in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing Gratifying Green and Pewter Green 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 LRV gap is large enough that Gratifying Green will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Pewter Green would.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. Gratifying Green reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Gratifying Green reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Gratifying Green reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Pewter Green.
Color Details
Gratifying Green vs Pewter Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Gratifying Green on one side and Pewter Green 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 Gratifying Green comparisons
See how Gratifying Green stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Gratifying Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 6, Gratifying Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 52, Gratifying Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 58, Gratifying Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 27, Gratifying Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 55, Gratifying Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 13, Gratifying Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 44, Gratifying Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (74 vs 66) makes Gratifying Green the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (83 vs 74) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
A 6-point LRV gap (74 vs 68) makes Gratifying Green the marginally brighter of the two.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
Gratifying Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 12, Gratifying Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 45, Gratifying Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Gratifying Green reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.
With LRVs of 74 and 72, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.