Shade-Grown vs Sea Grove
Where Shade-Grown belongs to Sherwin-Williams's range, Sea Grove is a Valspar color. Both sit in the grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Sea Grove (LRV 15) reflects noticeably more light than Shade-Grown (LRV 8), a difference of 7 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 12.3, 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 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Shade-Grown vs Sea Grove in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Shade-Grown and Sea Grove in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
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. Sea Grove reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Shade-Grown vs Sea Grove Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Shade-Grown on one side and Sea Grove 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.
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