White Flour vs Whitetail
Both from Sherwin-Williams's palette. These are both beige-whites, so the question isn't which hue to choose — it's where within beige-white to land. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (87 vs 86), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. Both lean warm, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. At ΔE 0.5, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
White Flour vs Whitetail in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. White Flour and Whitetail are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
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. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
White Flour vs Whitetail Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see White Flour on one side and Whitetail 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 White Flour comparisons
See how White Flour stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
A 3-point LRV gap (87 vs 83) makes White Flour the marginally brighter of the two.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 69), opening up a space where Ammonite encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 6, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 52, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 58, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 27, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 55, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 13, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 44, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 87 and 84, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 66, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 74, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (87 vs 83) makes White Flour the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 87 vs 12, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 68, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 68), opening up a space where Calamine encloses it.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 12, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 87 vs 45, White Flour is decisively the brighter choice.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
White Flour reflects far more light (LRV 87 vs 57), opening up a space where Guilford Green encloses it.