Card Room Green vs Privilege Green
Where Card Room Green belongs to Farrow & Ball's range, Privilege Green is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the green-grey family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. Card Room Green (LRV 27) reflects noticeably more light than Privilege Green (LRV 23), a difference of 4 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. The ΔE 5.1 gap is real but not dramatic — close enough to use together, distinct enough to matter as a choice. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Card Room Green vs Privilege Green in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Card Room Green and Privilege Green 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 brightness difference is modest but present — Card Room Green gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Card Room Green reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Dining Room
A dining room lit by a dimmed pendant or candles is one of the most forgiving environments for paint — warm light softens almost everything. Card Room Green has the edge in reflectance, which shows as a quiet sense of added space rather than an obvious contrast.
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. Card Room Green reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Card Room Green reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Card Room Green vs Privilege Green Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Card Room Green on one side and Privilege 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 Card Room Green comparisons
See how Card Room Green stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 27), opening up a space where Card Room Green encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 27, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 6, Card Room Green is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 27), opening up a space where Card Room Green encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 52 vs 27, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 27), opening up a space where Card Room Green encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 27, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 27), so neither reads brighter in a room.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 27), opening up a space where Card Room Green encloses it.
Card Room Green reflects far more light (LRV 27 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 27, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 13, Card Room Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 27, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 27), opening up a space where Card Room Green encloses it.
Card Room Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 66 vs 27, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 27, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 27, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 27), opening up a space where Card Room Green encloses it.
At LRV 27 vs 12, Card Room Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 8, Card Room Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 27, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 27), opening up a space where Card Room Green encloses it.
At LRV 27 vs 12, Card Room Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 45 vs 27, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 31 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.