Heat vs Pure White
Where Heat belongs to Jotun's range, Pure White is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Heat belongs to the pink-red family and Pure White to the beige-greige family. Pure White (LRV 84) reflects noticeably more light than Heat (LRV 16), a difference of 68 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 54.8, 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.
Heat vs Pure White in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Heat and Pure White 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 Pure White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Heat would.
Color Details
Heat vs Pure White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Heat on one side and Pure 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 Heat comparisons
See how Heat stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 16, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 16), opening up a space where Heat encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 16), opening up a space where Heat encloses it.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 16), opening up a space where Heat encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 16, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (27 vs 16) makes Denim Drift the marginally brighter of the two.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 16), opening up a space where Heat encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 16, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 16, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 16, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 16, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 12) makes Heat the marginally brighter of the two.
A 8-point LRV gap (16 vs 8) makes Heat the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 68 vs 16, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (16 vs 12) makes Heat the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 45 vs 16, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 16), opening up a space where Heat encloses it.
Heat reads slightly lighter (LRV 16 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.