RAL 120-5 vs Patience
Where RAL 120-5 belongs to RAL Effect's range, Patience is a Sherwin-Williams color. Both sit in the beige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. RAL 120-5 (LRV 70) reflects noticeably more light than Patience (LRV 67), a difference of 3 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. At ΔE 2.9, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
RAL 120-5 vs Patience in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. RAL 120-5 and Patience are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
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 two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
RAL 120-5 vs Patience Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see RAL 120-5 on one side and Patience 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 RAL 120-5 comparisons
See how RAL 120-5 stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 70, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
RAL 120-5 reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
RAL 120-5 reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
RAL 120-5 reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 12-point LRV gap (70 vs 58) makes RAL 120-5 the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 70 vs 27, RAL 120-5 is decisively the brighter choice.
RAL 120-5 reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
At LRV 70 vs 55, RAL 120-5 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 44, RAL 120-5 is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 70), opening up a space where RAL 120-5 encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (70 vs 66) makes RAL 120-5 the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (74 vs 70) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 70 vs 12, RAL 120-5 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 8, RAL 120-5 is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 70 vs 12, RAL 120-5 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 45, RAL 120-5 is decisively the brighter choice.
RAL 120-5 reflects far more light (LRV 70 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.