Greens vs Scarlet

Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Greens reads as green, while Scarlet reads as pink-red — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (10 vs 10), so they'll read as similarly Dark in most lighting conditions. Greens runs cool while Scarlet is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 101.6, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below, 5 simulated room previews show how each color reads at scale — real-room photos will be added as they become available.