Cheerful Heart vs Pure White
Where Cheerful Heart belongs to PPG's range, Pure White is a Sherwin-Williams color. Cheerful Heart reads as beige-pink, while Pure White reads as beige-greige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Pure White (LRV 84) reflects noticeably more light than Cheerful Heart (LRV 60), a difference of 24 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 13.8, 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 7 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Cheerful Heart vs Pure White in Real Spaces
7 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cheerful Heart 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 Cheerful Heart would.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheerful Heart.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheerful Heart.
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. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheerful Heart.
Home Office
The test for a home office color isn't how it looks in a quick glance — it's whether it still feels right after a full day of work. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheerful Heart.
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. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Cheerful Heart.
Front Door
A front door is a focal point — small color differences read clearly at this concentrated scale. The LRV gap is large enough that Pure White will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Cheerful Heart would.
Color Details
Cheerful Heart vs Pure White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cheerful Heart 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 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.
Cheerful Heart reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke 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.