Nautical Star vs Artichoke
Where Nautical Star belongs to PPG's range, Artichoke is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Nautical Star belongs to the blue-grey family and Artichoke to the grey family. Nautical Star (LRV 46) reflects noticeably more light than Artichoke (LRV 21), a difference of 25 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 26.1, 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.
Nautical Star vs Artichoke in Real Spaces
6 real rooms side by side. Seeing Nautical Star 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 Nautical Star 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. Nautical Star 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. Nautical Star 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. Nautical Star 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. Nautical Star reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Artichoke.
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 Nautical Star will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Artichoke would.
Color Details
Nautical Star vs Artichoke Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Nautical Star 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 Nautical Star comparisons
See how Nautical Star stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 46, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 46), opening up a space where Nautical Star encloses it.
Nautical Star reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (52 vs 46) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 30, Nautical Star is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 46, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Nautical Star reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 46 vs 4, Nautical Star is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Nautical Star reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 46, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 46), opening up a space where Nautical Star encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 46), opening up a space where Nautical Star encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 46), opening up a space where Nautical Star encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (51 vs 46) makes Pigeon the marginally brighter of the two.
Nautical Star reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Nautical Star reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 46), opening up a space where Nautical Star encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (46 vs 41) makes Nautical Star the marginally brighter of the two.
Nautical Star reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 46 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 46 vs 31, Nautical Star is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 46 vs 7, Nautical Star is decisively the brighter choice.