Cheerful Heart vs Artichoke
Cheerful Heart is a PPG color while Artichoke comes from Sherwin-Williams. Hue-wise, Cheerful Heart belongs to the beige-pink family and Artichoke to the grey family. At LRV 60 vs 21, Cheerful Heart will read as the brighter of the two — a 39-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. At ΔE 32.1, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cheerful Heart vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cheerful Heart and Artichoke 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
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. Cheerful Heart returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Cheerful Heart will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The LRV gap is large enough that Cheerful Heart will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Home Office
In a home office, wall color sits in your peripheral vision for hours at a time, so temperature and undertone matter more than you might expect. The LRV gap is large enough that Cheerful Heart will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Cheerful Heart will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Front Door
Front doors are seen in isolation against the rest of the facade, which makes them a high-stakes surface where even subtle differences matter. Cheerful Heart returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Cheerful Heart vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cheerful Heart on one side and Artichoke 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 Cheerful Heart comparisons
See how Cheerful Heart stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 83 vs 60, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 6, Cheerful Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheerful Heart reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cheerful Heart reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (60 vs 52) makes Cheerful Heart the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 60 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 60 vs 27, Cheerful Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheerful Heart reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Cheerful Heart reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (60 vs 55) makes Cheerful Heart the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 60 vs 13, Cheerful Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 44, Cheerful Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 60), opening up a space where Cheerful Heart encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (66 vs 60) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 60, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 60, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheerful Heart reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Cheerful Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 8, Cheerful Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
A 8-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
Cheerful Heart reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 60 vs 12, Cheerful Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 60 vs 45, Cheerful Heart is decisively the brighter choice.
Cheerful Heart reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Cheerful Heart reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.