RAL 450-2 vs Pure White
Where RAL 450-2 belongs to RAL Effect's range, Pure White is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, RAL 450-2 belongs to the pink-red family and Pure White to the beige-greige family. Pure White (LRV 84) reflects noticeably more light than RAL 450-2 (LRV 50), a difference of 34 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 34.0, 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 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
RAL 450-2 vs Pure White in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Seeing RAL 450-2 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 RAL 450-2 would.
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 RAL 450-2.
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 RAL 450-2.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Pure White reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than RAL 450-2.
Color Details
RAL 450-2 vs Pure White Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see RAL 450-2 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 RAL 450-2 comparisons
See how RAL 450-2 stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 50), opening up a space where RAL 450-2 encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 50 vs 30, RAL 450-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
A 11-point LRV gap (60 vs 50) makes Agreeable Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
RAL 450-2 reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (50 vs 43) makes RAL 450-2 the marginally brighter of the two.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 50), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
RAL 450-2 reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 50), opening up a space where RAL 450-2 encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 50), opening up a space where RAL 450-2 encloses it.
RAL 450-2 reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
RAL 450-2 reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 50), opening up a space where RAL 450-2 encloses it.
RAL 450-2 reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
RAL 450-2 reads slightly lighter (LRV 50 vs 45), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 50 vs 31, RAL 450-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 50 vs 7, RAL 450-2 is decisively the brighter choice.