Dayroom Yellow vs Shoji White
Dayroom Yellow is a Farrow & Ball color while Shoji White comes from Sherwin-Williams. Hue-wise, Dayroom Yellow belongs to the beige-yellow family and Shoji White to the beige-greige family. With LRVs of 75 and 74, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. They share a warm quality — useful to know if you're layering them in the same space. At ΔE 29.8, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 2 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Dayroom Yellow vs Shoji White in Real Spaces
2 real rooms side by side. Seeing Dayroom Yellow and Shoji White 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 amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Color Details
Dayroom Yellow vs Shoji White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Dayroom Yellow on one side and Shoji White 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 Dayroom Yellow comparisons
See how Dayroom Yellow stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Dayroom Yellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (83 vs 75) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 75 vs 6, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 52, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 58, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 27, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 55, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 13, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 44, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 75), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (75 vs 66) makes Dayroom Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
A 8-point LRV gap (83 vs 75) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 12, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 8, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (75 vs 68) makes Dayroom Yellow the marginally brighter of the two.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 12, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 75 vs 45, Dayroom Yellow is decisively the brighter choice.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Dayroom Yellow reflects far more light (LRV 75 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.