Keepsakes vs Artichoke
Where Keepsakes belongs to PPG's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Keepsakes reads as blue, while Artichoke reads as grey — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Keepsakes (LRV 61) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 40 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 35.2, 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 6 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Keepsakes vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Keepsakes 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
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 Keepsakes will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke 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. Keepsakes reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
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. Keepsakes reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
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. Keepsakes reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
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. Keepsakes reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
Color Details
Keepsakes vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Keepsakes 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 Keepsakes comparisons
See how Keepsakes stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 61), opening up a space where Keepsakes encloses it.
A 9-point LRV gap (61 vs 52) makes Keepsakes the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 30, Keepsakes is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Keepsakes reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Keepsakes reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 43, Keepsakes is decisively the brighter choice.
Keepsakes reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Keepsakes reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 61, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 61), opening up a space where Keepsakes encloses it.
Keepsakes reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Keepsakes reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Keepsakes reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
Keepsakes reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 31, Keepsakes is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 7, Keepsakes is decisively the brighter choice.