Snowfall vs Twilight Gray
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. Both sit in the greige-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Snowfall (LRV 73) reflects noticeably more light than Twilight Gray (LRV 53), a difference of 20 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 11.5, 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 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Snowfall vs Twilight Gray in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Snowfall and Twilight Gray 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 Snowfall will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Twilight Gray 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. Snowfall reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Twilight Gray.
Color Details
Snowfall vs Twilight Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Snowfall on one side and Twilight Gray 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 Snowfall comparisons
See how Snowfall stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 10-point LRV gap (83 vs 73) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
Snowfall reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Snowfall reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
Snowfall reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 58, Snowfall is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 27, Snowfall is decisively the brighter choice.
Snowfall reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 55, Snowfall is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 44, Snowfall is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 73), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (73 vs 66) makes Snowfall the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 73 vs 12, Snowfall is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (73 vs 68) makes Snowfall the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 73 vs 12, Snowfall is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 45, Snowfall is decisively the brighter choice.
Snowfall reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Snowfall reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Snowfall reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Snowfall reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.